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Cool Sex? Hibernation and Reproduction Overlap in the Echidna
During hibernation there is a slowing of all metabolic processes, and thus it is normally considered to be incompatible with reproduction. In Tasmania the egg-laying mammal, the echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) hibernates for several months before mating in mid-winter, and in previous studies we obs...
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Public Library of Science
2009
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2699653/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19562080 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0006070 |