Evidence for cell turnover as the mechanism responsible for the transport of embryos towards the vagina in viviparous onychophorans (velvet worms)

Evidence for cell turnover as the mechanism responsible for the transport of embryos towards the vagina in viviparous onychophorans (velvet worms)

Abstract Background Onychophorans, commonly known as velvet worms, display a remarkable diversity of reproductive strategies including oviparity, and placentotrophic, lecithotrophic, matrotrophic or combined lecithotrophic/matrotrophic viviparity. In the placentotrophic species, the embryos of conse...

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Main Authors: Sandra Treffkorn, Oscar Yesid Hernández-Lagos, Georg Mayer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Zoology
Subjects:
Apoptosis
Caspase-3
Cell proliferation
Onychophora
Velvet worms
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12983-019-0317-x

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