Uterine and placental angiogenesis in the Australian skinks, Ctenotus taeniolatus, and Saiphos equalis

Anatomical Record

Volumn 293, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 829-838

  Parker, Scott L ^a   Manconi, Frank ^a   Murphy, Christopher R ^a   Thompson, Michael B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood vessels; Chorioallantois; Confocal microscopy; Embryonic development; Evolution of viviparity; Skinks

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DENSITY; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; CHORIOALLANTOIS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CTENOTUS TAENIOLATUS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO GROWTH; FEMALE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LASER SCANNING CYTOMETRY; LIZARD; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PLACENTA; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAIPHOS EQUALIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE FIXATION; UTERINE BLOOD VESSEL; VIVIPARITY;

ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; CHORIOALLANTOIC MEMBRANE; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; LIZARDS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS; VIVIPARITY, NONMAMMALIAN;

CTENOTUS TAENIOLATUS; SAIPHOS EQUALIS; SCINCIDAE;

EID: 77952613034     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.21052     Document Type: Article

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