Morphometric characteristics of the small and large intestines of Mus musculus during postnatal development

Folia Morphologica

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 252-259

  Wolczuk K ^a   Wilczynska B ^a   Jaroszewska, M ^a   Kobak, J ^a  

^a NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Allometry; Mice intestine; Morphometry; Postnatal growth

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LARGE INTESTINE; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROVILLUS; MOUSE; NEWBORN; ORGAN SIZE; REVIEW; SMALL INTESTINE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; INTESTINE, LARGE; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; MICE; MICROVILLI; ORGAN SIZE;

ANIMALIA; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 84857571099     PISSN: 00155659     EISSN: 16443284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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