Trophoblast and hypoblast in the monotreme, marsupial and eutherian mammal: Evolution and origins

BioEssays

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 128-145

  Selwood, Lynne ^a   Johnson, Martin H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Department of Anatomy ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLASTOMERE; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL TYPE; EMBRYO MEMBRANE; EUTHERIAN; EVOLUTION; HYPOBLAST; MARSUPIAL; MONOTREMATE; MORULA; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; PLACENTAL MAMMALS; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; REVIEW; TROPHOBLAST;

ANIMALS; CELL LINEAGE; EVOLUTION; MAMMALS; MARSUPIALIA; MONOTREMATA; TROPHOBLASTS;

EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; MONOTREMATA;

EID: 33644547994     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.20360     Document Type: Review

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