Ultrastructural and developmental features of the tessellated endoskeleton of elasmobranchs (sharks and rays)

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 229, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 681-702

  Seidel, Ronald ^a   Lyons, Kady ^b   Blumer, Michael ^c   Zaslansky, Paul ^d   Fratzl, Peter ^a   Weaver, James C ^e   Dean, Mason N ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES   (Germany)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

calcified cartilage; development; elasmobranchs; skeleton; tesserae; ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

MINERAL;

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE MINERALIZATION; BONE STRUCTURE; BONE TISSUE; CARTILAGE; CELL DEATH; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ELASMOBRANCH; EMBRYO; ENDOSKELETON; FEMALE; JOINT; LAMELLAR BODY; MALE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHARK; SKELETON; SPECIES COMPARISON; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; TISSUE GROWTH; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84990225255     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joa.12508     Document Type: Article

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