This study of the kidney of Lepidosiren paradosa (South American lungfish) had been largely completed when Bargmann's ( '34) excellent paper on the subject appeared. However, since our findings differ somewhat I'rorri his, and since we have made more extensive observations upon some aspects of the p
Melanotropin receptors in the cartilaginous fish, Potamotrygon reticulatus and in the lungfish, Lepidosiren paradoxa
โ Scribed by Visconti, Maria A.; de L. Castrucci, Ana Maria
- Book ID
- 122504197
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 751 KB
- Volume
- 106
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0742-8413
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