Morphological variation in the allantoplacenta within the genus Mabuya (Squamata: Scincidae)

Anatomical Record

Volumn 291, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1124-1139

  Leal, Francisca ^a   Ramírez Pinilla, Marta Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Absorptive plaques; Mabuya; Placenta; Placentome; Viviparity

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL INVASION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LIZARD; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; MABUYA; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PLACENTA FUNCTION; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINCIDAE; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SQUAMATA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CHORION; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FETUS MEMBRANE; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

MABUYA; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

ALLANTOIS; ANIMALS; CHORION; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; LIZARDS; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 52049085547     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20733     Document Type: Article

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