Uncertain breeding: A short history of reproduction in monotremes

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 7-8, 2001, Pages 487-497

  Temple Smith, Peter ^a,b   Grant, Tom ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Breeding seasonality; Comparative anatomy; Echidnas; Platypus

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL GENETICS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGY; BREEDING METHOD; BREEDING SUCCESS; ECHIDNA; EGG; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FAUNA; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; GESTATION PERIOD; INCUBATION TIME; LAW; MALE; MONOTREMATE; NONHUMAN; PLATYPUS; POPULATION SIZE; PREDICTION; REPRODUCTION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DETERMINATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; WILDLIFE; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; MONOTREMATA; TACHYGLOSSIDAE; TACHYGLOSSUS; TACHYGLOSSUS ACULEATUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035572938     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/rd01110     Document Type: Article

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