Placental ontogeny in tasmanian snow skinks (Genus Niveoscincus) (Lacertilia: Scincidae)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 270, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 485-516

  Stewart, James R ^a   Thompson, Michael B ^b  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evolution; Placentation; Squamata

Indexed keywords

SNOW;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LIZARD; PLACENTA; VIVIPARITY;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; LIZARDS; PLACENTA; SNOW; TASMANIA; VIVIPARITY, NONMAMMALIAN;

LACERTILIA; NIVEOSCINCUS; NIVEOSCINCUS GREENI; NIVEOSCINCUS METALLICUS; NIVEOSCINCUS MICROLEPIDOTUS; NIVEOSCINCUS OCELLATUS; NIVEOSCINCUS PRETIOSUS; REPTILIA; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 64749099234     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10704     Document Type: Article

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