Phallus development in the turtle Trachemys scripta

Sexual Development

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 34-42

  Larkins, Christine E ^a   Cohn, Martin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Genital tubercle; Phallus; Sulcus; Trachemys scripta; Turtle; Urethra

Indexed keywords

AMNIOTA; AVES; MAMMALIA; MUS; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA;

BMP4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MSX2;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; CLOACA; EMBRYOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; ORGANOGENESIS; PENIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TURTLE; URETHRA;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; CLOACA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENITALIA, MALE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; ORGANOGENESIS; PENIS; TURTLES; URETHRA;

EID: 84923551427     PISSN: 16615425     EISSN: 16615433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000363631     Document Type: Article

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