Female receptivity, embryonic diapause, and superfetation in the European badger (Meles meles): Implications for the reproductive tactics of males and females

Quarterly Review of Biology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-48

  Yamaguchi, Nobuyuki ^a   Dugdale, Hannah L ^a   Macdonald, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Delayed implantation; Mate guarding; Progesterone; Superfecundation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BLASTOCYST; DELAYED IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; MUSTELIDAE; NIDATION; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION, DELAYED; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; MUSTELIDAE; PREGNANCY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SUPERFETATION; TERRITORIALITY;

EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; MELES MELES; MUSTELIDAE; TAXIDEA TAXUS; TAXIDIINAE;

EID: 33645216107     PISSN: 00335770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/503923     Document Type: Review

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