Placenta
Volume 30, Issue 7 , Pages 571-578 , July 2009

Placentation in the Hottentot Golden Mole, Amblysomus hottentotus (Afrosoricida: Chrysochloridae)

  • C.J.P. Jones

      Affiliations

    • Maternal and Fetal Health Research Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 OJH, UK
    • ,
  • A.M. Carter

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Southern Denmark, J.B. Winsloewvej 21, 3rd Floor, DK-5000 Odense, Denmark
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +45 6550 3716; fax: +45 6613 3479.
    • ,
  • N.C. Bennett

      Affiliations

    • Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
    • ,
  • T.N. Blankenship

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cell Biology and Human Anatomy, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
    • ,
  • A.C. Enders

      Affiliations

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

,Accepted 30 April 2009.

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PII: S0143-4004(09)00146-5

doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2009.04.014

Placenta
Volume 30, Issue 7 , Pages 571-578 , July 2009

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