Conservation of placentation during the tertiary radiation of mammals in South America

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 274, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 557-569

  Carter, Anthony Michael ^a   Mess, Andrea Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Caviomorpha; Discoid placenta; Evolution; Interhaemal barrier; Labyrinthine; Platyrrhini; Radiation; Villous and trabecular placental forms; Xenarthra

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTION; RODENT; SOUTH AMERICA; XENARTHRA; YOLK SAC;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FOSSILS; MAMMALS; PLACENTA; PLACENTATION; PREGNANCY; PRIMATES; RODENTIA; SOUTH AMERICA; XENARTHRA; YOLK SAC;

CAVIOMORPHA; CERCOPITHECIDAE; DISCOIDAE; EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; PLATYRRHINI; PRIMATES; RODENTIA; SLOTHS; XENARTHRA;

EID: 84875821971     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20120     Document Type: Article

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