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Viviparous stingrays avoid contamination of the embryonic environment through faecal accumulation mechanisms

In viviparous (live-bearing) animals, embryos face an embryo-specific defecation issue: faecal elimination in utero can cause fatal contamination of the embryonic environment. Our data from the viviparous red stingray (Hemitrygon akajei) reveals how viviparous elasmobranchs circumvent this issue. Th...

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Autores principales: Tomita, Taketeru, Nakamura, Masaru, Kobayashi, Yasuhisa, Yoshinaka, Atsushi, Murakumo, Kiyomi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7193589/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32355302
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-64271-2