Placental ontogeny of the Australian scincid lizards niveoscincus coventryi and Pseudemoia spenceri

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 282, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 535-559

  Stewart, James R ^a,c   Thompson, Michael B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 3643118746     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-010x(199811/12)282:4/5<535::aid-jez9>3.0.co;2-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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