Ossification patterns of basicranial sutures in manatees, genus trichechus

Mammal Study

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 213-225

  Hoson, Osamu ^a   Kawada, Shin Ichiro ^a   Oda, Sen Ichi ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cranial development; Cranial suture; Manatee; Occipital bone; Ossification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867565377     PISSN: 13434152     EISSN: 13486160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3106/041.037.0305     Document Type: Article

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