Functional plasticity of the developing cardiovascular system: Examples from different vertebrates

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 775-791

  Pelster, Bernd ^a   De Groot, A C Gittenberger ^b   Poelmann, R E ^b   Rombough, Peter ^c   Schwerte, Thorsten ^a   Thompson, Michael B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c BRANDON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; EMBRYO; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; LARVA; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SURVIVAL; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; VERTEBRATE;

GALLUS GALLUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77956014791     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/656004     Document Type: Article

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