Female Reproductive Tract and Placentation in Sucker-Footed Bats (Chiroptera: Myzopodidae) Endemic to Madagascar

Placenta

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 484-491

  Carter, A M ^a   Goodman, S M ^b,c   Enders, A C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c Vahatra   (Madagascar)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative placentation; Fetal membranes; Haemochorial placentation; Haemophagous region; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BAT; ENDODERM; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MADAGASCAR; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; TROPHOBLAST; UTERUS; UTERUS BICORNIS; YOLK SAC;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; MADAGASCAR; PLACENTA; PLACENTATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL;

EID: 43849103518     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2008.02.009     Document Type: Article

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