Evolutionary Transformations of Fetal Membranes and Reproductive Strategies

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology

Volumn 299, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-12

  Mess, Andrea ^a   Blackburn, Daniel G ^b   Zeller, Ulrich ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; REPTILIA; SAUROPSIDA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ART; ARTICLE; EMBRYO MEMBRANE; EMBRYOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HISTORY; NOMENCLATURE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCTION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYOLOGY; EVOLUTION; EXTRAEMBRYONIC MEMBRANES; FEMALE; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; PLACENTATION; PORTRAITS; PREGNANCY; TERMINOLOGY; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 0142243416     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.10287     Document Type: Conference Paper

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