Placentation in the Egyptian Slit-faced Bat Nycteris thebaica (Chiroptera: Nycteridae)

Placenta

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 792-799

  Enders, A C ^a   Jones, C J P ^b   Taylor, P J ^c   Carter, A M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Durban Natural Science Museum   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Comparative placentation; Endotheliochorial placentation; Fetal membranes; Lectin histochemistry; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAT; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; ENDOMETRIUM; FETUS; FETUS CIRCULATION; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NYCTERIS THEBAICA; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SACCOPTERYX; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; TAPHOZOUS; YOLK SAC;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; ERYTHROCYTES; EXTRAEMBRYONIC MEMBRANES; FEMALE; FETUS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LECTINS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHYLOGENY; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PLACENTATION; PREGNANCY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; YOLK SAC;

EID: 69549123874     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2009.07.004     Document Type: Article

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