'Monster... -omics': On segmentation, re-segmentation, and vertebrae formation in amphibians and other vertebrates

Frontiers in Zoology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Buckley, David ^a   Molnár, Viktor ^b   Németh, Gábor ^c   Petneházy, Örs ^d   Vörös, Judit ^e  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b Budapest Zoo   (Hungary)

^c Mediso Medical Imaging Systems Ltd   (Hungary)

^d SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^e DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Development; Evo devo; Morphology; Osteology; Vertebrae

Indexed keywords

AMNIOTA; AMPHIBIA; SALAMANDRIDAE; TRITURUS; TRITURUS DOBROGICUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84875932073     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17429994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-9994-10-17     Document Type: Article

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