A lizard with a placenta!

Adam Khor · 2012-04-12 15:55:14

A complex placenta is normal for mammals but exceedingly rare in a lizard (or maybe we haven´t been looking for it?) http://discovermagazine.com/2012/mar/31-the-lizard-with-a-humanlike-placenta

12-04-2012 03:55PM

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Adam Khor

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A complex placenta is normal for mammals but exceedingly rare in a lizard (or maybe we haven´t been looking for it?)

http://discovermagazine.com/2012/mar/31-the-lizard-with-a-humanlike-placenta

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#2 13-04-2012 02:17AM

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A possibile missing link between mammals and reptiles??

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#3 16-04-2012 06:23PM

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Sounds like it!

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#4 17-04-2012 06:10PM

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Very interesting indeed. Does the viviparous lizard not have soe sort of placenta too since it gives birth to live young?

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#5 28-04-2012 05:36PM

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I don't think so. The same species of viviparous lizard that occurs in ireland oviposits in more arid climates. The fact that it gives live birth up this end of Europe is apparently a recent adaptation to cold. I'd guess they retain their embryos until they're developed enough to release, much in the same way that a lot of sharks do.

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