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Viviparity, Nonmammalian

Known as: Nonmammalian Viviparity 
The capability of bearing live young (rather than eggs) in nonmammalian species. Some species of REPTILES and FISHES exhibit this.
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Review
2015
Review
2015
Adenotrophic viviparity in tsetse flies: potential for population control and as an insect model for lactation.
Tsetse flies (Glossina spp.), vectors of African trypanosomes, are distinguished by their specialized reproductive biology… 
Review
2015
Review
2015
Matrotrophy and placentation in invertebrates: a new paradigm
Matrotrophy, the continuous extra‐vitelline supply of nutrients from the parent to the progeny during gestation, is one of the… 
Highly Cited
2015
Highly Cited
2015
Ancestral state reconstruction, rate heterogeneity, and the evolution of reptile viviparity.
Virtually all models for reconstructing ancestral states for discrete characters make the crucial assumption that the trait of… 
Review
2013
Review
2013
Tsetse flies: their biology and control using area-wide integrated pest management approaches.
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
The phylogeny and evolution of host choice in the Hippoboscoidea (Diptera) as reconstructed using four molecular markers.
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
THE ADAPTIVE SIGNIFICANCE OF REPTILIAN VIVIPARITY IN THE TROPICS: TESTING THE MATERNAL MANIPULATION HYPOTHESIS
Abstract Phylogenetic transitions from oviparity to viviparity in reptiles generally have occurred in cold climates, apparently… 
Review
2006
Review
2006
Reproduction and development ofSebastes in the context of the evolution of piscine viviparity
  • J. P. Wourms
  • Environmental Biology of Fishes
  • 2006
  • Corpus ID: 20095876
SynopsisSelected aspects of the reproduction and development ofSebastes and other rockfishes are reviewed in the context of… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Reproductive Aspects of Freshwater Stingrays (Chondrichthyes: Patamotrygonidae) in the Brazilian Amazon Basin
Freshwater stingrays (Potamotrygonidae) are the only elasmobranchs completely adapted for living in freshwater and all species… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Reptilian viviparity in cold climates: testing the assumptions of an evolutionary hypothesis
  • R. Shine
  • Oecologia
  • 2004
  • Corpus ID: 24695694
Viviparity (live-bearing) in reptiles often is interpreted as an adaptation to cold climates. This hypothesis relies on (i) body… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
REPRODUCTION, EMBRYONIC ENERGETICS, AND THE MATERNAL-FETAL RELATIONSHIP IN THE VIVIPAROUS GENUS SEBASTES (PISCES: SCORPAENIDAE).
Reproduction in the scorpaenid genus Sebastes has been characterized as primitive ovoviviparity. In the black rockfish, S… 
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