Developmental modularity and the marsupial-placental dichotomy

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 312, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 186-195

  Goswami, A ^a   Weisbecker, V ^a,b   Sanchez Villagra M R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c PALÄONTOLOGISCHES INSTITUT UND MUSEUM   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MARSUPIAL; MURIDAE; NEWBORN; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BONE AND BONES; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MARSUPIALIA; MURIDAE; OSTEOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; PLACENTA; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA;

EID: 67049153940     PISSN: 15525007     EISSN: 15525015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.21283     Document Type: Article

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