Ovarian Histology of the Placentotrophic Mabuya mabouya (Squamata, Scincidae)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 259, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 90-105

  Gómez, Duperly ^a   Ramírez Pinilla, Martha Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Corpus luteum; Follicular development; Mabuya mabouya; Ovary; Placentotrophy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; CYTOLOGY; EGG YOLK; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LIZARD; OOCYTE; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; VITELLOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CORPUS LUTEUM; EGG YOLK; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR ATRESIA; GRANULOSA CELLS; LIZARDS; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; VITELLOGENESIS;

MABUYA; MABUYA MABOUYA; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0345874799     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10170     Document Type: Article

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