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Cool Sex? Hibernation and Reproduction Overlap in the Echidna

During hibernation there is a slowing of all metabolic processes, and thus it is normally considered to be incompatible with reproduction. In Tasmania the egg-laying mammal, the echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) hibernates for several months before mating in mid-winter, and in previous studies we obs...

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Main Authors: Morrow, Gemma, Nicol, Stewart C.
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2699653/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19562080
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0006070
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