Uses and limitations of mammalian fetal membranes and placenta for phylogenetic reconstruction

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Comparative studies on the development of the mammalian fetal membranes and placenta, and discussions of the possible evolutionary significance of these data, have been carried out for more than a century. Throughout much of this period, however, such data were considered in isolation from cranioskeletal and other biological findings, so that only rarely were placental features incorporated into comparative...

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