Heads or tails first? Evolution of fetal orientation in ichthyosaurs, with a scrutiny of the prevailing hypothesis

According to a longstanding paradigm, aquatic amniotes, including the Mesozoic marine reptile group Ichthyopterygia, give birth tail-first because head-first birth leads to increased asphyxiation risk of the fetus in the aquatic environment. Here, we draw upon published and original evidence to test...

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Autores principales: Miedema, Feiko, Klein, Nicole, Blackburn, Daniel G., Sander, P. Martin, Maxwell, Erin E., Griebeler, Eva M., Scheyer, Torsten M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10114408/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37072698
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-023-02110-4

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10114408/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37072698
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-023-02110-4

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