Bimodal reproduction

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Bimodal reproduction is the ability of a vertebrate animal to reproduce by both laying eggs and giving birth. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [ excessive citations ] Examples of these animals include Saiphos equalis and Zootoca vivipara, [7] [8] [9]

References

  1. ↑ "This Lizard Is in the Middle of a Wild Evolutionary Transition, Scientists Believe - VICE". www.vice.com. 6 April 2020.
  2. ↑ Beltrán, Iván; Loiseleur, Rebecca; Durand, Victorien; Whiting, Martin J. (2020). "Effects of early thermal environment on the behavior and learning of a lizard with bimodal reproduction". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 74 (6): 73. Bibcode:2020BEcoS..74...73B. doi:10.1007/s00265-020-02849-6. S2CID   219183603.
  3. ↑ Beltrán, Iván; Loiseleur, Rebecca; Durand, Victorien; Whiting, Martin J. (June 7, 2020). "Effects of early thermal environment on the behavior and learning of a lizard with bimodal reproduction". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 74 (6): 73. Bibcode:2020BEcoS..74...73B. doi:10.1007/s00265-020-02849-6. S2CID   219183603 – via researchers.mq.edu.au.
  4. ↑ Beltrán, Iván; Durand, Victorien; Loiseleur, Rebecca; Whiting, Martin J. (November 7, 2020). "Effect of early thermal environment on the morphology and performance of a lizard species with bimodal reproduction". Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology. 190 (6): 795–809. doi:10.1007/s00360-020-01312-2. PMID   32951106. S2CID   221828354 – via PubMed.
  5. ↑ "Egg-laying lizard also gives live birth. Is this evolution before our eyes?". The University of Sydney.
  6. ↑ "Lizard produces eggs and live young". Cosmos Magazine. April 2, 2019.
  7. ↑ Foucart, Thomas; Lourdais, Olivier; DeNardo, Dale F.; Heulin, Benoit (November 15, 2014). "Influence of reproductive mode on metabolic costs of reproduction: insight from the bimodal lizard Zootoca vivipara". Journal of Experimental Biology. 217 (22): 4049–4056. doi: 10.1242/jeb.104315 . PMID   25278472 – via jeb.biologists.org.
  8. ↑ Heulin, Benoit; Kirsten Osenegg-Leconte; David Michel (1997). "Demography of a Bimodal Reproductive Species of Lizard (Lacerta vivipara): Survival and Density Characteristics of Oviparous Populations". Herpetologica. 53 (4): 432–444. JSTOR   3893257.
  9. ↑ "This lizard lays eggs and gives live birth. We think it's undergoing a major evolutionary transition". theconversation.com. 2 April 2020.
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