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Oviparity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Oviparous animals are animals that lay eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive method of most fish, amphibians, reptiles, all birds, the monotr...
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Introduction to reproduction - describing oviparous and viviparous animals, egg cells and sperm cells. ... Reproduction is one of the most characteristic features of living organisms. Life would not exist on Earth ... Below is a table of the vertebrates which shows which groups are viviparous and which groups are oviparous.
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the pattern of oviparous reproduction in which eggs are retained for long periods: a definitive em- bryo is formed and may develop to an advanced . ...
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energetic costs of reproduction, such as increased metabolic costs of maintenance or activity. 2. The metabolic cost of reproduction in the oviparous lizard ...
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In oviparous sharks, a gland secretes a shell, or case, around the egg as it passes through the oviduct, protecting the shark until it hatches. The mother deposits the egg cases in the sea. ... c. Oviparous sharks include horn sharks and swell sharks (Cephaloscyllium ventriosum).
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Hutchinson encyclopedia article about oviparous. oviparous. Information about oviparous in the Hutchinson encyclopedia. ... Method of animal reproduction in which eggs are laid by the female and develop outside the body, in contrast to ovoviviparous and viviparous. It is the most common form of reproduction.
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Reptiles are either oviparous or viviparous in their mode of reproduction ... Oviparous(egg laying):; Oviparous reptiles lay amniotic eggs. Amniotic eggs have a hard shell which protects the embryo, and a special membrane to prevent the embryo from drying out. Turtles, crocodiles, and tuatara are all oviparous as are...
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