Erythrocyte size and morphology of some tortoises and turtles from Turkey

Zoological Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 173-178

  Uǧurtaş, Ismail Hakki ^a   Sevinç, Murat ^a   Yildirimhan, Hikmet Sami ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Emydidae; Erythrocyte morphology; Erythrocyte size; Testudinidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952875402     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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