Hold on for One More Day: Energetic Costs of Oviductal Egg Retention in Eastern Musk Turtles (Sternotherus odoratus)
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DOI: 10.1086/720159
Abstract: In oviparous reptiles, parental care is often limited to the energy allocated to embryos before oviposition. Reproducing females can allocate energy toward vitellogenesis, determining the number and size of eggs, fertilization, eggshell calcification, retention of… read more here.
Keywords: retention; musk turtles; oviductal egg; egg retention ... See more keywords