Placental specializations in lecithotrophic viviparous squamate reptiles

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 324, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 549-561

  Stewart, James R ^a  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

CALCIUM;

ANIMAL; EMBRYOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; LIZARD; METABOLISM; NONMAMMALIAN EMBRYO; OVIPARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SNAKE; VIVIPARITY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CALCIUM; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; LIZARDS; OVIPARITY; SNAKES; VIVIPARITY, NONMAMMALIAN;

EID: 84938938604     PISSN: 15525007     EISSN: 15525015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.22632     Document Type: Review

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