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Analysis of Expressed Sequence Tags from the Placenta of the Live-Bearing Fish Poeciliopsis (Poeciliidae)
1 Jan 2011
Abstract excerpt
Matrotrophic fish in the genus Poeciliopsis (Poeciliidae) have a placenta-like structure used in postfertilization maternal provisioning of the developing embryo. To understand better the structure and function of the Poeciliopsis placenta, we derived cDNA libraries from the maternal follicular placenta of 2 matrotrophic Poeciliopsis sister species, P. turneri and P. presidionis. These species inherited their...
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