Controversial snake relationships supported by reproductive anatomy

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 218, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 342-348

  Siegel, Dustin S ^a   Miralles, Aurélien ^b   Aldridge, Robert D ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amerophidia; Cloaca; Evolution; Morphology; Oviduct; Snakes

Indexed keywords

AGAMIDAE; ANILIIDAE; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENOPHIDIA; CLOACA; CYLINDROPHIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HELODERMATIDAE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LIZARD; LOXOCEMIDAE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; OVIDUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYTHONIDAE; REPRODUCTION; REPTILE; RHINOPHIS; SCOLECOPHIDIA; SNAKE; SYNAPOMORPHY; TROPIDOPHIIDAE; UROGENITAL SYSTEM FUNCTION AND REPRODUCTION; XENOPELTIDAE;

ANIMALS; CLOACA; FEMALE; OVIDUCTS; PHYLOGENY; SNAKES;

ANILIIDAE; PYTHONIDAE; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; TROPIDOPHIIDAE;

EID: 79951644896     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2010.01334.x     Document Type: Article

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