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

 

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Upphovsman: Monge-Nájera, Julián
Materialtyp: artículo original
Status:Versión publicada
Utgivningstid:2019
Beskrivning: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
Organisation:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Språk:Inglés
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OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/35964
Länkar:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/35964
Nyckelord:evolution of reproductive modes
viviparity
ovoviviparity
velvet worms
climate and reproduction
evolución de modos de reproducción
viviparismo
ovoviviparismo
gusanos de terciopelo
clima
reproducción