Turtle humeral microanatomy and its relationship to lifestyle

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 719-734

  Nakajima, Yasuhisa ^a   Hirayama, Ren ^b   Endo, Hideki ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aquatic adaptation; Bone microanatomy; Computed microtomography; Ecology; Growth centre

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904562367     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bij.12336     Document Type: Article

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