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skeletochronology

Scope: methodological
Papers: 1 | Mentions: 1

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Knowledge graph centered on skeletochronology with 13 nodes and 24 connections. Top connected: facultative paedomorphosis, mark-recapture (Ambystomatidae), population stage structure, lines of arrested growth, endosteal resorption.

Definition

The most commonly used method for aging amphibians that utilizes stained cross-sections of toe bone to allow visualization of lines of arrested growth (LAG)

Related Terms (1)

LAG counting

Publications (1)

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Accuracy assessment of skeletochronology in the Arizona tiger salamander (<i>Ambystoma tigrinum nebulosum</i>)

2007Copeiacentral

Related Concepts (5)

facultative paedomorphosis

process1 shared paper

population stage structure

phenomenon1 shared paper

lines of arrested growth

phenomenon1 shared paper

endosteal resorption

process1 shared paper

rapprochement

process1 shared paper