Morphological and histochemical observations on the crural gland-spur apparatus of the echidna (tachyglossus aculeatus) together with comparative observations on the femoral gland-spur apparatus of the duckbilled platypus (ornithorhyncus anatinus)

Cells Tissues Organs

Volumn 191, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 336-354

  Krause, William J ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

Crural gland; Echidna; Femoral gland; Platypus; Spur

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXOCYTOSIS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; LEG; MONOTREMATE; MYOEPITHELIUM CELL; NONHUMAN; ORNITHORHYNCUS ANATINUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECRETORY GRANULE; TACHYGLOSSUS ACULEATUS;

ANIMALS; ECHIDNA; FEMUR; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PLATYPUS;

MONOTREMATA; TACHYGLOSSUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 77949546003     PISSN: 14226405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000252802     Document Type: Article

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