Placentation in the Hottentot Golden Mole, Amblysomus hottentotus (Afrosoricida: Chrysochloridae)

Placenta

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 571-578

  Jones, C J P ^a   Carter, A M ^b   Bennett, N C ^c   Blankenship, T N ^d   Enders, A C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Afrosoricida; Amblysominae; Chrysochloridae; Haemochorial placentation; Lectin histochemistry; Yolk sac

Indexed keywords

LECTIN; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE;

AMBLYSOMUS HOTTENTUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MEMBRANE; GESTATION PERIOD; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MATERNAL BLOOD; MICROVILLUS; MOLE (INSECTIVORA); NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POKEWEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TROPHOBLAST; YOLK SAC;

ANIMALS; CHORIONIC VILLI; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; GLYCOSYLATION; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LECTINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLES; PHYLOGENY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TROPHOBLASTS; UTERUS; YOLK SAC;

EID: 67349118474     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2009.04.014     Document Type: Article

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