Placental expression of pituitary hormones is an ancestral feature of therian mammals

EvoDevo

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Menzies, Brandon R ^a   Pask, Andrew J ^b   Renfree, Marilyn B ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUTHERIA; MACROPODIDAE; MACROPUS EUGENII; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; THERIA;

EID: 84869391206     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20419139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2041-9139-2-16     Document Type: Article

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