The divergent development of the apical ectodermal ridge in the marsupial Monodelphis domestica

Anatomical Record

Volumn 293, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1325-1332

  Doroba, Carolyn K ^a   Sears, Karen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

AER; Development; Limb; Marsupial; Opossum

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APICAL ECTODERMAL RIDGE; ARTICLE; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FORELIMB; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MARSUPIAL; MONODELPHIS DOMESTICA; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; HINDLIMB; LIMB BUD; METABOLISM; MOUSE; OPOSSUM;

ANIMALS; ECTODERM; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; LIMB BUDS; MICE; MONODELPHIS;

DIDELPHIDAE; EUTHERIA; METATHERIA; MONODELPHIS DOMESTICA;

EID: 77955651000     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.21183     Document Type: Article

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