Morphology of Skin Incubation in Pipa carvalhoi (Anura: Pipidae)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 270, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1311-1319

  Greven, Hartmut ^a   Richter, Susanne ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Brood chamber formation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SKIN; TOAD;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; OVUM; PIPIDAE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SKIN;

ANURA; PIPA CARVALHOI; PIPIDAE;

EID: 70350127764     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10759     Document Type: Article

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