The placenta as a model for understanding the origin and evolution of vertebrate organs

Nature Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Griffith, Oliver W ^a   Wagner, Günter P ^a,b,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

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EID: 85026892446     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2397334X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41559-017-0072     Document Type: Review

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