Viviparity and Placentation in Lizards

Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Lizards and Tuatara

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 448-563

  Stewart, James R ^a   Blackburn, Daniel G ^b  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1201/b17961-16     Document Type: Chapter

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