Evidence for placental transfer of maternal corticosterone in a viviparous lizard

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 184-189

  Itonaga, Keisuke ^a   Wapstra, Erik ^a   Jones, Susan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Glucocorticoids; Maternal effects; Placenta; Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii; Viviparity

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO GROWTH; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; LIZARD; MATERNAL BLOOD; NONHUMAN; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PSEUDEMOIA ENTRECASTEAUXII; VITELLOGENESIS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PSEUDEMOIA ENTRECASTEAUXII; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; ZOOTOCA VIVIPARA;

EID: 79960697335     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2011.05.028     Document Type: Article

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