Evolution and development of fetal membranes and placentation in amniote vertebrates

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-50

  Ferner, Kirsten ^a   Mess, Andrea ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amniota; Evolution; Fetal membranes; Mammalian; Placenta; Sauropsida

Indexed keywords

AMNION; AMNIOTE; BIRD; CHORION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO MEMBRANE; EUTHERIA; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS MEMBRANE; GAS EXCHANGE; MAMMAL; MARSUPIAL; MONOTREMATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; VERTEBRATE; YOLK SAC;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EXTRAEMBRYONIC MEMBRANES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PLACENTATION; PREGNANCY; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 79960699793     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: 18781519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2011.03.029     Document Type: Review

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