Lung and metabolic development in mammals: Contribution to the reconstruction of the marsupial and eutherian morphotype

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 312, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 555-578

  Szdzuy, Kirsten ^a,b   Zeller, Ulrich ^a  

^a Museum of Natural History   (Germany)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LUNG; MARSUPIAL; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; LUNG; MARSUPIALIA; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; PLACENTA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA;

EID: 69249212353     PISSN: 15525007     EISSN: 15525015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.21228     Document Type: Article

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