Ontogeny of scleral ossicles of giant amazon river turtles Podocnemis expansa Schweigger, 1812(Testudines, Podocnemididae)

Brazilian Journal for Morphological Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 220-223

  Vieira, L G ^a   Santos, A L Q ^a   Lima, F C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alizarin; Embryo; Eye; Ossification; Reptiles

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350729357     PISSN: 01029010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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