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Oviparity

Known as: Oviparous 
The capability of producing eggs (OVA) from which young are hatched outside the body. While mostly referring to nonmammalian species, this does… 
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Review
2007
Review
2007
Maternally derived egg yolk steroid hormones and sex determination: Review of a paradox in reptiles
During the past decade, maternally derived steroid hormones in the egg yolk of oviparous vertebrates have been the focus of… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
When to be born? Prolonged pregnancy or incubation enhances locomotor performance in neonatal lizards (Scincidae)
The degree of offspring development at hatching (or birth) varies among species within most major vertebrate lineages; altricial… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Sex steroids in green anoles (Anolis carolinensis): uncoupled maternal plasma and yolking follicle concentrations, potential embryonic steroidogenesis, and evolutionary implications.
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Placental buffering of maternal steroid hormone effects on fetal and yolk hormone levels: a comparative study of a viviparous lizard, Sceloporus jarrovi, and an oviparous lizard, Sceloporus graciosus…
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Transcriptional Interference Between Glucocorticoid Receptor and Estradiol Receptor Mediates the Inhibitory Effect of Cortisol on Fish Vitellogenesis1
Abstract In oviparous species, the synthesis of vitellogenin (Vg) takes place in the liver according to a strictly estrogen… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Complex organization of CTF/NF-I, C/EBP, and HNF3 binding sites within the promoter of the liver-specific vitellogenin gene.
Vitellogenin genes are expressed specifically in the liver of female oviparous vertebrates under the strict control of estrogen… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Sex steroids levels in the plasma and testis during the reproductive cycle of lizard Podarcis s. sicula Raf.
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Development of a possible nonmammalian test system for radiation-induced germ-cell mutagenesis using a fish, the Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes).
To develop a specific-locus test (SLT) system for environmental mutagenesis using vertebrate species other than the mouse, we… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Sex steroid hormones during the ovarian cycle of an all-female, parthenogenetic lizard and their correlation with pseudosexual behavior.
Highly Cited
1961
Highly Cited
1961
Oviparous Hermaphroditic Fish with Internal Self-Fertilization
Adults of Rivulus marmoratus (Cyprinodontidae) contained eggs when dissected or laid eggs when kept alive. They invariably… 
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