Morphology of the kidney in the West African caecilian, geotrypetes seraphini (Amphibia, Gymnophiona, Caeciliidae)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 262, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 583-607

  Mobjerg N ^a,c   Jespersen, A ^a   Wilkinson, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Geotrypetes seraphini; Gymnophiona; Mesonephros; Morphology; Nephron; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS; HISTOLOGY; KIDNEY; MICROSCOPY; NEPHRON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AFRICA, WESTERN; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; KIDNEY; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NEPHRONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AMPHIBIA; CAECILIA; GEOTRYPETES SERAPHINI; GLOMERULUS; GYMNOPHIONA; MALPIGHIA; SCOLECOMORPHIDAE; WOLFFIA;

EID: 8744249152     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10244     Document Type: Article

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