Invasive cells in the placentome of Andean populations of Mabuya: An endotheliochorial contribution to the placenta?

Anatomical Record

Volumn 290, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1508-1518

  Vieira, Simón ^a   De Perez, Gloria ^a   Ramírez Pinilla, Martha Patricia ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Endotheliochorial; Mabuya; Placentome; Reptiles; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHORIOALLANTOIS; CHORION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; LIZARD; MABUYA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ALLANTOIS; ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHORION; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; GIANT CELLS; LIZARDS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY;

EUTHERIA; MABUYA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 37049033846     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20609     Document Type: Article

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