Chondrogenic and ossification patterns and sequences in White's skink Liopholis whitii (Scincidae, Reptilia)

Zoosystematics and Evolution

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-32

  Hugi, Jasmina ^a   Mitgutsch, Christian ^a   Sánchez Villagra, Marcelo R ^a  

^a PALÄONTOLOGISCHES INSTITUT UND MUSEUM   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chondrification; Cranium; Heterochrony; Lizard; Postcranium; Skeletogenesis

Indexed keywords

REPTILIA; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 80052392968     PISSN: 14351935     EISSN: 18600743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zoos.200900011     Document Type: Article

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