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Heteropaternal superfecundation frequently occurs in multiple-bearing mob-mated sheep.
Animal genetics - 1 Aug 2020
Berry D P, Bohan A, O'Brien A C, Campion F C, McHugh N, Wall E
Abstract excerpt
Heteropaternal superfecundation may be defined as the fertilisation of two or more ova during the same oestrus cycle as a result of more than one coital act from different males; this results in foetuses being born in the same litter of the same age but different paternity. Heteropaternal superfecundation is more likely to occur in poly-ovulatory species like sheep; moreover, female sheep are often mob-mated with...
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