Fundamentals of viviparity: Comparison of seasonal changes in the uterine epithelium of oviparous and viviparous Lerista bougainvillii (Squamata: Scincidae)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 268, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 624-635

  Adams, Susan M ^a   Biazik, Joanna ^a   Stewart, Rebecca L ^a   Murphy, Christopher R ^a   Thompson, Michael B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Morphology; Oviduct; Reproduction; Reptile

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LIZARD; OVIPARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEASON; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UTERUS; VIVIPARITY;

ANIMALS; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; LIZARDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OVIPARITY; SEASONS; UTERUS; VIVIPARITY, NONMAMMALIAN;

LERISTA BOUGAINVILLII; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 34248162379     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10522     Document Type: Article

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