Interembryonic regions of the uterus of the viviparous lizard Mabuya brachypoda (Squamata: Scincidae)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 267, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 404-414

  Uribe Aranzábal, Mari Carmen ^a   Hernández Franyutti, Ariette ^a,b   Guillette Jr , Louis J ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD JUÁREZ AUTÓNOMA DE TABASCO   (Mexico)

^c University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Interembryonic regions; Lizard; Mabuya; Scincidae; Uterus; Viviparity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LIZARD; OVIDUCT; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; UTERUS; VIVIPARITY;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; LIZARDS; OVIDUCTS; UTERUS; VIVIPARITY, NONMAMMALIAN;

MABUYA; MABUYA BRACHYPODA; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA; ZOOTOCA VIVIPARA;

EID: 33645512687     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10416     Document Type: Article

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