Plasticity of lung development in the amphibian, Xenopus laevis

Biology Open

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1324-1335

  Rose, Christopher S ^a   James, Brandon ^a  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Lung; Plasticity; Respiration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979518307     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20466390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/bio.20133772     Document Type: Article

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