Stereology of the Thyroid Gland in Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops aduncus) in Comparison with Human (Homo sapiens): Quantitative and Functional Implications

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Kot, Brian Chin Wing ^a   Lau, Thomas Yue Huen ^a   Cheng, Sammy Chi Him ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; CELL SIZE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR TO CYTOPLASMIC RATIO; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES COMPARISON; STEREOLOGY; THYROID FOLLICLE CELL; THYROID GLAND;

ANIMALS; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 84877790213     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062060     Document Type: Article

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