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Maternal behavioral thermoregulation facilitated evolutionary transitions from egg laying to live birth
Live birth is a key innovation that has evolved from egg-laying ancestors over 100 times in reptiles. However, egg-laying lizards and snakes can have preferred body temperatures that are lethal to developing embryos, which should select against prolonged egg retention. Here, we demonstrate that ther...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10565886/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37829499 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/evlett/qrad031 |