Description
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.
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 301 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-291) and index. |
ISBN: | 9783540787976 3540787976 1281756903 9781281756909 |