Histology of the Extraembryonic Membranes of an Oviparous Snake: Towards a Reconstruction of Basal Squamate Patterns

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology

Volumn 299, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 48-58

  Blackburn, Daniel G ^a   Johnson, Amy R ^a   Petzold, Jennifer L ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELAPHE; PANTHEROPHIS GUTTATUS; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; ZEA MAYS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; CHORION; EGG SHELL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FETUS MEMBRANE; HISTOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SNAKE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; YOLK SAC;

ALLANTOIS; ANIMALS; CHORION; EGG SHELL; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; SNAKES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; YOLK SAC;

EID: 0142243297     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.10290     Document Type: Conference Paper

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