Limited oxygen availability in utero may constrain the evolution of live birth in reptiles

American Naturalist

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 245-253

  Rafferty, Anthony R ^a   Evans, Roger G ^a   Franciscus Scheelings, T ^b   Reina, Richard D ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Australian Wildlife Health Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amniotic; Arrested development; Embryonic development; Incubation; Reptile; Turtle

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HYPOXIA; INCUBATION; OVIPOSITION; OXYGEN; REPTILE; SECRETION; VIVIPARITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CELL HYPOXIA; CHEMISTRY; DIFFUSION; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; OOCYTE; OVIDUCT; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRESSURE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TURTLE; VIVIPARITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CELL HYPOXIA; DIFFUSION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; OVIDUCTS; OVUM; OXYGEN; PARTIAL PRESSURE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TURTLES; VIVIPARITY, NONMAMMALIAN;

EID: 84873044222     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/668827     Document Type: Article

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