Angiogenesis of the uterus and chorioallantois in the eastern water skink Eulamprus quoyii

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 3340-3347

  Murphy, Bridget F ^a   Parker, Scott L ^b   Murphy, Christopher R ^a   Thompson, Michael B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Wall College of Business   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Embryo; Eulamprus quoyii; Lizard; Uterus; Viviparity

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHORIOALLANTOIS; FEMALE; LIZARD; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCTION; UTERUS; VASCULARIZATION; VIVIPARITY;

ANIMALS; CHORIOALLANTOIC MEMBRANE; FEMALE; LIZARDS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; REPRODUCTION; UTERUS; VIVIPARITY, NONMAMMALIAN;

EULAMPRUS QUOYII; SQUAMATA;

EID: 77956846444     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.046862     Document Type: Article

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