Evolution of reptilian placentation: Development of extraembryonic membranes of the Australian scincid lizards, Bassiana duperreyi (Oviparous) and Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii (Viviparous)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 227, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 349-370

  Stewart, James R ^a   Thompson, Michael B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 0030019135     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4687(199603)227:3<349::aid-jmor6>3.0.co;2-0     Document Type: Article

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