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Endocrine Activity of Extraembryonic Membranes Extends beyond Placental Amniotes
BACKGROUND: During development, all amniotes (mammals, reptiles, and birds) form extraembryonic membranes, which regulate gas and water exchange, remove metabolic wastes, provide shock absorption, and transfer maternally derived nutrients. In viviparous (live-bearing) amniotes, both extraembryonic m...
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Public Library of Science
2009
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2674930/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19424488 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0005452 |