Lung development of monotremes: Evidence for the mammalian morphotype

Anatomical Record

Volumn 292, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 190-201

  Ferner, Kirsten ^a   Zeller, Ulrich ^a   Renfree, Marilyn B ^b  

^a Museum of Natural History   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eutheria; Lung development; Marsupialia; Monotremata; Phylogenetic reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; LUNG; MAMMALS; MONODELPHIS; MONOTREMATA; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; SHREWS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; MONODELPHIS DOMESTICA; MONOTREMATA; ORNITHORHYNCHUS ANATINUS; SUNCUS MURINUS; TACHYGLOSSUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 59949102110     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20825     Document Type: Article

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