The pelvic kidney of male Ambystoma maculatum (Amphibia, urodela, ambystomatidae) with special reference to the sexual collecting ducts

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 271, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1422-1439

  Siegel, Dustin S ^a   Sever, David M ^b   Aldridge, Robert D ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Histochemistry; Histology; Nephron; Ultrastructure; Urogenital

Indexed keywords

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; GLOMERULUS; HISTOLOGY; KIDNEY COLLECTING TUBULE; KIDNEY DISTAL TUBULE; KIDNEY PROXIMAL TUBULE; MALE; NEPHRON; PELVIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; KIDNEY TUBULES, COLLECTING; KIDNEY TUBULES, DISTAL; KIDNEY TUBULES, PROXIMAL; MALE; NEPHRONS; PELVIS; WOLFFIAN DUCTS;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA MACULATUM; AMBYSTOMATIDAE; AMPHIBIA; CAUDATA; EUKARYOTA; VERTEBRATA; WOLFFIA;

EID: 78349261956     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10883     Document Type: Article

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