Thomas Huxley and the rat placenta in the early debates on evolution

Placenta

Volumn 25, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 233-237

  Pijnenborg, Robert ^a   Vercruysse, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECIDUA; DECIDUALIZATION; INSECTIVORE; MATERNAL BLOOD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PLACENTAL MAMMALS; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RODENT; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 1342283261     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2003.08.008     Document Type: Article

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