Article
Recent advances in understanding evolution of the placenta: insights from transcriptomics
2018-01-19
Abstract excerpt
The mammalian placenta shows an extraordinary degree of variation in gross and fine structure, but this has been difficult to interpret in physiological terms. Transcriptomics offers a path to understanding how structure relates to function. This essay examines how studies of gene transcription can inform us about placental evolution in eutherian and marsupial mammals and more broadly about convergent evolution of...
Topics
Open a Topic to create a Post that cites this publication.
Identifiers and source
- Literature Corpus work
- 47ee485a-93c8-59aa-a273-d5e0a1dbc98b
- DOI
- 10.12688/f1000research.13115.1
