Morphology and Histochemistry of Juvenile American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) Nephrons
β Scribed by Brandon C. Moore; Kelly A. Hyndman; Ashley Cox; Ashley Lawler; Ketan Mathavan; Louis J. Guillette Jr
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 582 KB
- Volume
- 292
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1932-8486
- DOI
- 10.1002/ar.20942
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