Low oxygen: A constraint on the evolution of viviparity in reptiles

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 145-154

  Andrews, Robin M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; OXYGEN; REPTILE; VIVIPARITY;

OXYGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EGG LAYING; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; LIZARD; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; OOCYTE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; LIZARDS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OVIPOSITION; OVUM; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 0035998391     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/339388     Document Type: Article

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