Calcium provision to oviparous and viviparous embryos of the reproductively bimodal lizard Lacerta (Zootoca) vivipara

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 2520-2524

  Stewart, James R ^a   Ecay, Tom W ^b   Heulin, Benoit ^c  

^a Department of Biological Sciences ^*  (United States)

^b East Tennessee State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Calcium; Lecithotrophy; Placentotrophy; Viviparity

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; BIRD; EGG SHELL; EGG YOLK; FEMALE; FRANCE; LIZARD; MALE; METABOLISM; OVIPARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TURTLE; VIVIPARITY;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CALCIUM; EGG SHELL; EGG YOLK; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; FRANCE; LIZARDS; MALE; OVIPARITY; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TURTLES; VIVIPARITY, NONMAMMALIAN;

AMNIOTA; AVES; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); LACERTA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; TESTUDINES; ZOOTOCA VIVIPARA;

EID: 68249096971     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.030643     Document Type: Article

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