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Epidermis and Dermis

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Biology of the Integument

Abstract

The first detailed histological report on reptilian skin was published well over 100 years ago (Leydig 1873). In the following 60 years a large number of studies has been accumulated and reviewed by Lange (1931). However, due to the piecemeal nature of the information available at this time, many misinterpretations occurred and no general patterns of differentiation could be demonstrated in this article.

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  1. Department of Anatomy, University of Basel, Pestalozzistraße 20, CH-4056, Basel, Switzerland

    Lukas Landmann

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  1. Kinematische Zellforschung, Fachbereich Biologie der Universität, Postfach 11 19 32, D-6000, Frankfurt a.M., Germany

    Jürgen Bereiter-Hahn

  2. Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, 80 East Concord Street, 02118, Boston, MA, USA

    A. Gedeon Matoltsy

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    K. Sylvia Richards

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Landmann, L. (1986). Epidermis and Dermis. In: Bereiter-Hahn, J., Matoltsy, A.G., Richards, K.S. (eds) Biology of the Integument. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-00989-5_9

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