Evolutionary Transformations of Chorioallantoic Placental Characters in Rodentia with Special Reference to Hystricognath Species

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology

Volumn 299, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 78-98

  Mess, Andrea ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYSTRICOGNATHI; MURIDAE; OCTODON; OCTODON DEGUS; PETROMUS TYPICUS; RODENTIA;

ANIMAL; CHORION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; FETUS MEMBRANE; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; RODENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ALLANTOIS; ANIMALS; CHORION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RODENTIA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0142243415     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.10292     Document Type: Conference Paper

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