Structural and functional development of the respiratory system in a newborn marsupial with cutaneous gas exchange

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 634-649

  Simpson, Shannon J ^a   Flecknoe, Sharon J ^b   Clugston, Robin D ^c   Greer, John J ^c   Hooper, Stuart B ^b   Frappell, Peter B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; CYTOPLASM; GAS EXCHANGE; MARSUPIAL; NEONATE; RESPIRATION; SKIN; WEIGHT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG VENTILATION; MARSUPIAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG; MARSUPIALIA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; PULMONARY VENTILATION; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES;

METATHERIA; SMINTHOPSIS; SMINTHOPSIS CRASSICAUDATA;

EID: 80055034165     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/662557     Document Type: Article

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