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Spawning Coordination of Mates in a Shell Brooding Cichlid
Aim. External fertilisation requires synchronisation of gamete release between the two sexes. Adequate synchronisation is essential in aquatic media because sperm is very short-lived in water. In the cichlid Lamprologus callipterus, fertilisation of the eggs takes place inside an empty snail shell,...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Hindawi Publishing Corporation
2012
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3425056/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22928149 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/517849 |