Embryonic mobilization of calcium in a viviparous reptile: Evidence for a novel pattern of placental calcium secretion

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 147-150

  Fregoso, Santiago P ^a   Stewart, James R ^a   Ecay, Tom W ^b  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b East Tennessee State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Lecithotrophy; Oviparity; Placentotrophy; Virginia; Viviparity

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG SHELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PLESIOMORPHY; SNAKE;

REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; VIRGINIA STRIATULA;

EID: 77549087114     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2010.01.014     Document Type: Article

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