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

 

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Autores: Barquero-González, Pablo, Morera, Bernal, Monge-Najera, Julian, barquero-gonzalez, pablo
Format: editorial
Fecha de Publicación:2019
Beskrivelse: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 laying eggs. Why? Here we propose that it is an adaptation to climatically inhospitable habitats and low food availability.
País:Repositorio UNA
Institution:Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Repositorio UNA
Sprog:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:null:11056/26810
Online adgang:http://hdl.handle.net/11056/26810
Palabra clave:EVOLUTION OF REPRODUCTIVE MODES
VIVIPARITY
OVOVIVIPARITY
GUSANO DE TERCIOPELO
CLIMA Y REPRODUCCIÓN