Transplacental nutrient transfer during gestation in the Andean lizard Mabuya sp. (Squamata, Scincidae)

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 249-268

  Ramírez Pinilla, Martha Patricia ^a   Rueda, Elkin Darío ^a   Stashenko, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Chorioallantoic placenta; Embryo development; Nutrient transfer; Placentotrophy; Reptiles; Viviparous lizards

Indexed keywords

EUTHERIA; MABUYA; MABUYA SP.; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA; ZOOTOCA VIVIPARA;

EID: 78651474895     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-010-0514-6     Document Type: Article

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