Studies on the ontogeny of Streptopelia senegalensis aegyptiaca (latham 1790) 5 – The development of the viscerocranium

The present article shows the following points: The quadrate and Meckel’s cartilages have separate centres of chondrification. A symphsis Meckelii is absent. Meckel’s cartilage has three processes. These are processus mandibularis externus, processus mandibularis internus and retroarticularis. The q...

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Main Authors: M.M. Zaher, A.M. Riad, Eisa A. Zaghloul
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2013-05-01
Series:Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2090989613000143