Prenatal development of Crocodylus niloticus niloticus Laurenti, 1768

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 314 B, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 353-368

  Peterka, Miroslav ^a,b   Yves, Jean ^c   Hovorakova, Maria ^a   Prochazka, Jan ^a,b   Fougeirol, Luc ^d   Peterkova, Renata ^a   Viriot, Laurent ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris ^*  (France)

^d La Ferme aux Crocodiles   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; GENETICS; HEAD; HISTOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; HEAD;

ANIMALIA; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CROCODYLUS NILOTICUS; MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 77954281979     PISSN: 15525007     EISSN: 15525015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.21335     Document Type: Article

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