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Asymmetric paternal effect on offspring size linked to parent-of-origin expression of an insulin-like growth factor [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Research was supported by PAPIIT grant IN216111 (CMG), CONACyT PhD scholarship 351769 (YSL), and the Howard Hughes International Research Program (JPVC).Sexual reproduction brings together reproductive partners whose long-term interests often differ ...
Abrahamson   +73 more
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THE EVOLUTION OF REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGIES IN ANIMALS – IMPLICATIONS FOR THERIOGENOLOGY

open access: yesSlovenian Veterinary Research
Reproduction is one of the fundamental biological imperatives shared by all living beings. Organisms must reproduce to pass on their genes to the next generation, ensuring the survival and continuation of their species.
Klementina Fon Tacer, Gregor Majdič
doaj   +1 more source

Molecular phylogenies disprove a hypothesized C4 reversion in Eragrostis walteri (Poaceae) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Background and Aims The main assemblage of the grass subfamily Chloridoideae is the largest known clade of C4 plant species, with the notable exception of Eragrostis walteri Pilg., whose leaf anatomy has been described as typical of C3 plants. Eragrostis
Christin, Pascal-Antoine   +2 more
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Courtship entanglements: a first report of mating behavior and sexual dichromatism in the Southeast Asian keel-bellied whipsnake, Dryophiops rubescens [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
We describe the first observations of courtship behavior and sexual dichromatism in the keel-bellied whipsnake, Dryophiops rubescens, from an encounter near Sandakan, eastern Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia.
Johnny, Kim   +2 more
core  

Repeated Evolution of Digital Adhesion in Geckos: A Reply to Harrington and Reeder [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
We published a phylogenetic comparative analysis that found geckos had gained and lost adhesive toepads multiple times over their long evolutionary history (Gamble et al., PLoS One, 7, 2012, e39429).
Bauer, A. M.   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Placenta: an old organ with new functions

open access: yesFrontiers in Immunology
The transition from oviparity to viviparity and the establishment of feto-maternal communications introduced the placenta as the major anatomical site to provide nutrients, gases, and hormones to the developing fetus. The placenta has endocrine functions,
Sara Khorami-Sarvestani   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Extended embryo retention and viviparity in the first amniotes. [PDF]

open access: yesNat Ecol Evol, 2023
Jiang B   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

A Viperine Snake which is Oviparous

open access: yes, 1904
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
openaire   +2 more sources

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