Placenta
Volume 29, Issue 2 , Pages 144-147 , February 2008

Sources for Comparative Studies of Placentation. II. Genomic Resources

  • D.E. Wildman

      Affiliations

    • Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University, 540 E. Canfield Avenue, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
    • Perinatology Research Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH/DHHS, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCenter for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University, 540 E. Canfield Avenue, Detroit, MI 48201, USA. Tel.: +1 313 577 8234; fax: +1 313 577 8986.

,Accepted 7 November 2007.

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PII: S0143-4004(07)00268-8

doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2007.11.005

Placenta
Volume 29, Issue 2 , Pages 144-147 , February 2008

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