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Multiple paternity in a viviparous toad with internal fertilisation.
Die Naturwissenschaften - 1 Aug 2016
Sandberger-Loua Laura, Feldhaar Heike, Jehle Robert, Rödel Mark-Oliver
Abstract excerpt
Anurans are renowned for a high diversity of reproductive modes, but less than 1 % of species exhibit internal fertilisation followed by viviparity. In the live-bearing West African Nimba toad (Nimbaphrynoides occidentalis), females produce yolk-poor eggs and internally nourish their young after fertilisation. Birth of fully developed juveniles takes place after 9 months. In the present study, we used genetic...
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