The evolution of seasonal delayed implantation

Quarterly Review of Biology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1990, Pages 23-42

  Sandell, Mikael ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DELAYED IMPLANTATION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; MAMMAL; NIDATION; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; SEASON; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION, DELAYED; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY; SEASONS; SEX BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

DELAYED IMPLANTATION; GESTATION; MAMMAL;

EID: 0025195444     PISSN: 00335770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/416583     Document Type: Article

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