Uterine gene expression in the live-bearing lizard, Chalcides ocellatus, reveals convergence of squamate reptile and mammalian pregnancy mechanisms

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 394-411

  Brandley, Matthew C ^a,c   Young, Rebecca L ^a   Warren, Dan L ^b   Thompson, Michael B ^c   Wagner, Günter P ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Texas Research Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Placenta; Pregnancy; RNA Seq; Transcriptome; Uterus; Viviparity

Indexed keywords

CHALCIDES; CHALCIDES OCELLATUS; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; LIZARD; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PREGNANCY; REPTILE; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; LIZARDS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; REPTILES; UTERUS;

EID: 84863204146     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evs013     Document Type: Article

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