Allantoplacental ultrastructure of an Andean population of Mabuya (Squamata, Scincidae)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 267, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1227-1247

  Ramírez Pinilla, Martha Patricia ^a   De Pérez, Gloria ^b   Carreño Escobar, J Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Fetal membranes; Mabuya; Matrotrophy; Placenta; Reptiles; Viviparity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHORION; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; FETUS MEMBRANE; LIZARD; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIVIPARITY;

ALLANTOIS; ANIMALS; CHORION; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; LIZARDS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; VIVIPARITY, NONMAMMALIAN;

EUTHERIA; MABUYA; MABUYA SP.; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA; ZOOTOCA VIVIPARA;

EID: 33748979696     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10471     Document Type: Article

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