Early Development of the Adrenal Glands in the Grass Snake Natrix natrix L. (Lepidosauria, Serpentes) /

Knowledge of the development and differentiation of adrenal glands in reptile embryos is fragmentary and inaccurate. Many contradictions and a lack of electron microscopical analysis of reptile adrenal primordia make it difficult to compare the gland development to other vertebrate groups. Insuffici...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rupik, W. (Weronika)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2002.
Series:Advances in anatomy, embryology, and cell biology ; 164.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Comparative morphology of vertebrate adrenals
  • History of reptile adrenal studies
  • Nomenclature of reptile adrenal glands
  • Adrenal glands in reptiles
  • Embryonic development of reptile adrenals
  • Why we study development and differentiation of adrenal glands in snakes?- Material and methods
  • Materials
  • Characteristic features
  • Normal table
  • Methods of research
  • Results
  • Microscopic anatomy of the interrenal tissues primordium
  • Ultrastructure of the interrenal tissue primordium
  • Microscopic anatomy of the chromaffine tissue primordium
  • Ultrastructure of the chromaffine tissue primordium
  • Stages of the adrenal development
  • Discussion
  • Conclusions
  • Summary
  • Acknowledgement
  • References
  • Subject index.