Does the oviparity-viviparity transition alter the partitioning of yolk in embryonic snakes?
Yan-Qing WuYan-Fu QuXue-Ji WangJian-Fang GaoXiang JiPublished in: BMC evolutionary biology (2017)
Our results are not consistent with the hypothesis that the partitioning of yolk between embryonic and post-embryonic stages differs between snakes that differ in parity mode, but instead show that the partitioning of yolk in embryonic snakes is species-specific or phylogenetically related. We conclude that the oviparity-viviparity transition does not alter yolk partitioning in embryonic snakes.
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