What Fossils Can Tell Us About the Evolution of Viviparity and Placentation

Placenta

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 930-931

  Carter, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Evolution; Horses; Placentation; Placoderms; Viviparity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FOSSIL; HORSE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REPTILE; VIVIPARITY;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FOSSILS; MAMMALS; PLACENTA; VIVIPARITY, NONMAMMALIAN;

EID: 54349087745     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2008.07.012     Document Type: Article

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