Ontogenetic Variation in the Bony Labyrinth of Monodelphis domestica (Mammalia: Marsupialia) Following Ossification of the Inner Ear Cavities

Anatomical Record

Volumn 293, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1896-1912

  Ekdale, Eric G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bony labyrinth; CT; Inner ear; Monodelphis; Ontogeny

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH; COCHLEA AQUEDUCT; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INNER EAR; MONODELPHIS DOMESTICA; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; OPOSSUM; OSSIFICATION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SKULL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BONE DEVELOPMENT; COCHLEA; EAR, INNER; MODELS, ANIMAL; MONODELPHIS; OSTEOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; MONODELPHIS; MONODELPHIS DOMESTICA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78049455600     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.21234     Document Type: Article

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