Placentation in the Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis)

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 537-545

  Carter, A M ^a   Miglino, M A ^b   Ambrosio, C E ^b   Santos, T C ^b   Rosas, F C W ^c   Neto, J A D'Affonseca ^c   Lazzarini, S M ^d   Carvalho, A F ^e   Da Silva, V M F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^d Centre of Protection and Research of Aquatic Mammals   (Brazil)

^e School of Veterinary Medicine   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Afrotheria; Haemophagous organ; Phylogeny; Sirenia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; FEMALE; FETUS CIRCULATION; FETUS MEMBRANE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNER EAR; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLACENTAL DELIVERY; REPRODUCTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRICHECHUS INUNGUIS; TROPHOBLAST; UMBILICAL CORD; VASCULARIZATION;

AFROTHERIA; ELEPHANTIDAE; SIRENIA; TRICHECHUS INUNGUIS;

EID: 42149108502     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD08009     Document Type: Article

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