Structural and ultrastructural differentiation of the thyroid gland during embryogenesis in the grass snake Natrix natrix L. (Lepidosauria, Serpentes)

Zoology

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 284-297

  Rupik, Weronika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Reptiles; Snake embryos; Thyroid gland differentiation; Ultrastructural study

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; ORGANOGENESIS; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SNAKE; THYROID GLAND; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; COLUBRIDAE; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; ORGANOGENESIS; THYROID GLAND;

LEPIDOSAURIA; NATRIX NATRIX; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 80053442442     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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