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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |