Morphological and quantitative changes in paternal brood-pouch vasculature during embryonic development in two Syngnathus pipefishes

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 67-79

  Ripley, J L ^a   Williams, P S ^a   Foran, C M ^a,b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Microvasculature; Paternal care; Scanning electron microscopy; Syngnathidae; Vascular corrosion casting.

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SKIN; SMEGMAMORPHA; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VASCULARIZATION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY;

ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SKIN; SMEGMAMORPHA;

SYNGNATHIDAE; SYNGNATHINAE; SYNGNATHUS; SYNGNATHUS FLORIDAE; SYNGNATHUS FUSCUS;

EID: 77954743117     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02659.x     Document Type: Article

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