Elephant Transcriptome Provides Insights into the Evolution of Eutherian Placentation
The chorioallantoic placenta connects mother and fetus in eutherian pregnancies. In order to understand the evolution of the placenta and provide further understanding of placenta biology, we sequenced the transcriptome of a term placenta of an African elephant (Loxodonta africana) and compared thes...
Main Authors: | Hou, Zhuo-Cheng, Sterner, Kirstin N., Romero, Roberto, Than, Nandor Gabor, Gonzalez, Juan M., Weckle, Amy, Xing, Jun, Benirschke, Kurt, Goodman, Morris, Wildman, Derek E. |
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2012
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3381679/ |
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