Evolution of placentation among squamate reptiles: Recent research and future directions

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 411-431

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lacertilia; Lecithotrophy; Placentation; Placentotrophy; S erpentes; Squamata; Viviparity

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADAPTATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PLACENTA; PLACENTA FUNCTION; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; REPTILE; REVIEW;

LACERTILIA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0034537317     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(00)00273-7     Document Type: Review

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