Calcium ATPase localization in the uterus of two species of Pseudemoia (Lacertilia: Scincidae) with complex placentae

Herpetological Conservation and Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 290-296

  Herbert, Jacquie F ^a   Murphy, Christopher R ^a   Thompson, Michael B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calcium ATPase; Evolution; Placentotrophy; Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii; Pseudemoia spenceri; Viviparity

Indexed keywords

LACERTILIA; PSEUDEMOIA; PSEUDEMOIA ENTRECASTEAUXII; PSEUDEMOIA SPENCERI; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA; ZOOTOCA VIVIPARA;

EID: 77958464337     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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