Comparative placentation : structures, functions, and evolution

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wooding, F. B. P.
Other Authors: Burton, Graham (Graham J.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin : Springer, ©2008.
Subjects:
Placenta.
Physiology, Comparative.
Anatomy, Comparative.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Physical.
Histology, Comparative.
Placenta > physiology.
Placentation.
Placenta > anatomy & histology.
Biomédecine.
Sciences de la vie.
Anatomy, Comparative
Physiology, Comparative
Placenta
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Table of Contents:
  • Placentation Fundamentals; Implantation, Maternofetal Exchange and Vascular Relationships; Fish, Amphibian, Bird and Reptile Placentation; Monotreme and Marsupial Placentation; Eutheria: Epitheliochorial Placentation Pig and Horse; Synepitheliochorial Placentation : Ruminants (Ewe and Cow); Endotheliochorial Placentation : Cat, Dog, Bat; Haemochorial Placentation: Mouse, Rabbit, Man, Apes, Monkeys; Placental Immunology, Viviparity, Evolution; Hybridisation, Cloning and Fetal Origins of Adult Disease.

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