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Ontogeny, Genetic Control, and Phylogeny of Female Reproduction in Monotreme and Therian Mammals

  • Renfree M
Springer New York, (1993), 4-20
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4613-9249-1_2
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In all living groups of mammals, prolonged protection of the developing young is a characteristic strategy of reproduction. Lactation, however, is the only uniquely mammalian characteristic, and all three groups have characteristic adaptations for achieving the...

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Renfree, M. B. (1993). Ontogeny, Genetic Control, and Phylogeny of Female Reproduction in Monotreme and Therian Mammals. In Mammal Phylogeny (pp. 4–20). Springer New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9249-1_2

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