Retro fashion: did onychophorans abandon ovoviviparity and revert to laying eggs?

 

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Auteur: Monge-Nájera, Julián
Formaat: artículo original
Status:Versión publicada
Publicatiedatum:2019
Omschrijving:Viviparity is so advantageous that it has evolved at least 140 times in the invertebrates, but some Australian and New Zealand onychophorans have gone back, abandoning ovoviviparity to return to eggs. Why? Here we propose that it is an adaptation to climatically inhospitable habitats and low food availability.
Land:Portal de Revistas UCR
Instelling:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Taal:Inglés
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OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/35964
Online toegang:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/35964
Keyword:evolution of reproductive modes
viviparity
ovoviviparity
velvet worms
climate and reproduction
evolución de modos de reproducción
viviparismo
ovoviviparismo
gusanos de terciopelo
clima
reproducción