| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 301 pages) : illustrations |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-291) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Placenta.
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Physiology, Comparative.
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Anatomy, Comparative.
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Placenta -- anatomy & histology
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Placenta
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Physiology, Comparative
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Histology, Comparative
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Placenta -- physiology
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Placentation
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Anatomy, Comparative
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Physical.
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Anatomy, Comparative.
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Histology, Comparative.
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Placenta -- physiology.
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Placentation.
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Placenta.
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Physiology, Comparative.
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Placenta -- anatomy & histology.
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Biomédecine.
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Sciences de la vie.
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Anatomy, Comparative
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Physiology, Comparative
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Placenta
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Burton, Graham (Graham J.)
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| ISBN |
9783540787976 |
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3540787976 |
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1281756903 |
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9781281756909 |
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