Unusual angiogenic factor plays a role in lizard pregnancy but is not unique to viviparity

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 324, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 152-158

  Whittington, Camilla M ^a   Grau, Georges E ^a   Murphy, Christopher R ^a   Thompson, Michael B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; SCINCIDAE; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; ZOOTOCA VIVIPARA;

ISOPROTEIN; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ANIMAL; FEMALE; LIZARD; METABOLISM; OVIPARITY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UTERUS; VIVIPARITY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; LIZARDS; OVIPARITY; PHYLOGENY; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UTERUS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VIVIPARITY, NONMAMMALIAN;

EID: 84925246707     PISSN: 15525007     EISSN: 15525015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.22615     Document Type: Article

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