Evolutionary Transformations of the Fetal Membranes of Viviparous Reptiles: A Case Study of Two Lineages

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology

Volumn 299, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 13-32

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

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSEUDEMOIA; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; BREEDING; CHORION; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FETUS MEMBRANE; HISTOLOGY; LIZARD; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCTION; REPTILE; REVIEW; SNAKE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; YOLK SAC;

ALLANTOIS; ANIMALS; CHORION; COLUBRIDAE; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; LIZARDS; PLACENTATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; REPTILES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; YOLK SAC;

EID: 0142212413     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.10288     Document Type: Conference Paper

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