Comparative placentation : structures, functions, and evolution / Peter Wooding, Graham Burton.

Comparative placental studies can facilitate the identification of the common factors in placental growth, differentiation and function and their relevance to possible evolutionary pathways. This book presents data illustrating the great variety of structure but uniform function of vertebrate placen...

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Main Author: Wooding, F. B. P.
Other Authors: Burton, Graham (Graham J.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin : Springer, ©2008.
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Summary:Comparative placental studies can facilitate the identification of the common factors in placental growth, differentiation and function and their relevance to possible evolutionary pathways. This book presents data illustrating the great variety of structure but uniform function of vertebrate placentas from fish to man.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 301 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-291) and index.
ISBN:9783540787976
3540787976
1281756903
9781281756909