The concept of superfetation: A critical review on a 'myth' in mammalian reproduction

Biological Reviews

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-95

  Roellig, Kathleen ^a   Menzies, Brandon R ^a   Hildebrandt, Thomas B ^a   Goeritz, Frank ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eutheria; Evolutionary adaptation; Lepus; Mammalia; Neovison; Pregnancy; Reproduction; Reproductive strategy; Superfecundation; Superfetation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FISH; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FISHES; HUMANS; MAMMALS; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SUPERFETATION;

EUTHERIA; LEPUS; LEPUS CAPENSIS; LEPUS EUROPAEUS; MAMMALIA; MELES MELES; MUSTELA; MUSTELA VISON; POECILIIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 78751694631     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2010.00135.x     Document Type: Article

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