A review of inter-and intraspecific variation in the eutherian placenta

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 370, Issue 1663, 2015, Pages

  Gundling, William E ^a,b,c   Wildman, Derek E ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Placenta; Variation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BLOOD; CLADISTICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ETIOLOGY; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MAMMAL; MATERNAL HEALTH; MEMBRANE;

EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; MAMMAL; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MAMMALS; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84922326947     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2014.0072     Document Type: Review

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