Male pregnancy in seahorses and pipefish: beyond the mammalian model
@article{Stlting2007MalePI, title={Male pregnancy in seahorses and pipefish: beyond the mammalian model}, author={Kai N. St{\"o}lting and Anthony B. Wilson}, journal={BioEssays}, year={2007}, volume={29} }
Pregnancy has been traditionally defined as the period during which developing embryos are incubated in the body after egg–sperm union. Despite strong similarities between viviparity in mammals and other vertebrate groups, researchers have historically been reluctant to use the term pregnancy for non‐mammals in recognition of the highly developed form of viviparity in eutherians. Syngnathid fishes (seahorses and pipefishes) have a unique reproductive system, where the male incubates developing…
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