Placentation in the eastern water skink (Eulamprus quoyii): A placentome-like structure in a lecithotrophic lizard

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 218, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 678-689

  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

Alkaline phosphatase; Eulamprus quoyii; Placenta; Vasculature; Viviparity

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOMETRIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EULAMPRUS QUOYII; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIZARD; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; ORGAN GROWTH; PLACENTA LOCALIZATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SQUAMOUS CELL; UTERUS;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIZARDS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; UTERUS;

EULAMPRUS QUOYII; PSEUDEMOIA SPENCERI; SQUAMATA; ZOOTOCA VIVIPARA;

EID: 79955524149     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2011.01368.x     Document Type: Article

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