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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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Autores principales: Pettersen, Amanda K, Feiner, Nathalie, Noble, Daniel W A, While, Geoffrey M, Uller, Tobias, Cornwallis, Charlie K
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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