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Development of the Skeleton, Rat

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The skeletal system is of mesodermal origin. The organogenesis and differentiation of the skeleton take place during both embryonic and fetal stages, while maturation continues during postnatal life.

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  1. Johanna M. Garbis-Berkvens
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  2. Paul W. J. Peters
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Emeritus, Harvard Medical School, ILSI Research Foundation, 1126 Sixteenth Street, N.W., 20036, Washington D.C., USA

    Thomas Carlyle Jones D.V.M., D.Sc. (Professor of Comparative Pathology) (Professor of Comparative Pathology)

  2. Medizinische Hochschule Honnover, Institut für Experimentelle Pathologie, Konstanty-Gutschow-Strasse 8, W-3000, Hannover 61, Federal Republic of Germany

    Ulrich Mohr M.D. (Professor of Experimental Pathology) (Professor of Experimental Pathology)

  3. New England Regional Primate Research Center, Harvard Medical School, One Pine Hill Drive, 01772, Southborough, MA, USA

    Ronald Duncan Hunt D.V.M. (Professor of Comparative Pathology) (Professor of Comparative Pathology)

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Garbis-Berkvens, J.M., Peters, P.W.J. (1991). Development of the Skeleton, Rat. In: Jones, T.C., Mohr, U., Hunt, R.D. (eds) Cardiovascular and Musculoskeletal Systems. Monographs on Pathology of Laboratory Animals. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76533-9_27

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