Placental specializations of the mountain spiny lizard Sceloporus jarrovi

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 271, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1153-1175

  Blackburn, Daniel G ^a   Gavelis, Gregory S ^a,b   Anderson, Kristie E ^a   Johnson, Amy R ^a,c   Dunlap, Kent D ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chorioallantois; Fetal membranes; Placenta; Viviparity; Yolk sac

Indexed keywords

PHRYNOSOMATINAE; REPTILIA; SCELOPORUS JARROVII; SCELOPORUS JARROVII JARROVII; SQUAMATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHORIOALLANTOIS; CHORION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LIZARD; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UTERUS; VIVIPARITY; YOLK SAC;

ANIMALS; CHORIOALLANTOIC MEMBRANE; CHORION; FEMALE; LIZARDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; UTERUS; VIVIPARITY, NONMAMMALIAN; YOLK SAC;

EID: 77957052753     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10860     Document Type: Article

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