Placental Diversity in Malagasy Tenrecs: Placentation in Shrew Tenrecs (Microgale spp.), The Mole-Like Rice Tenrec (Oryzorictes hova) and The Web-Footed Tenrec (Limnogale mergulus)

Placenta

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 748-759

  Enders, A C ^a   Blankenship, T N ^a   Goodman, S M ^b,c   Soarimalala, V ^c,d   Carter, A M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c WWF Antananarivo   (Madagascar)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Afrosoricida; Comparative placentation; Haemochorial placentation; Haemophagous region; Oryzorictinae; Tenrecoidea; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHORIOALLANTOIS; CHORION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; FETUS MEMBRANE; GESTATION PERIOD; MADAGASCAR; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PLACENTA VILLUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TENRECIDAE; TROPHOBLAST; YOLK SAC;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; INSECTIVORA; MALE; PLACENTA; PLACENTATION; PREGNANCY; SHREWS;

EID: 34249773969     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2006.10.003     Document Type: Article

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