Placenta
Volume 29, Issue 6 , Pages 484-491 , June 2008

Female Reproductive Tract and Placentation in Sucker-Footed Bats (Chiroptera: Myzopodidae) Endemic to Madagascar

  • A.M. Carter

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense DK-5000, Denmark
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +45 6550 3716; fax: +45 6613 3479.
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  • S.M. Goodman

      Affiliations

    • Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, USA
    • Vahatra, Antananarivo, Madagascar
    • ,
  • A.C. Enders

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cell Biology and Human Anatomy, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA

,Accepted 20 February 2008.

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PII: S0143-4004(08)00083-0

doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2008.02.009

Placenta
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