Arrested embryonic development: A review of strategies to delay hatching in egg-laying reptiles

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1737, 2012, Pages 2299-2308

  Rafferty, Anthony R ^a   Reina, Richard D ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amniotic; Arrested development; Ecology; Evolution; Reproduction; Reptile

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; REPTILIA;

ANIMAL; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; OVIPARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REPTILE; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DOWN-REGULATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; OVIPARITY; REPTILES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84865600151     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.0100     Document Type: Review

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