Morphology of brood pouch formation in the pot-bellied seahorse Hippocampus abdominalis
Abstract Background The reproductive strategies of vertebrates are diverse. Seahorses (Pisces: Syngnathidae) possess the unique characteristic of male pregnancy; i.e., males, not females, incubate embryos in a specialized structure called a ‘brood pouch’. The brood pouch is formed along the ventral...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-10-01
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| Series: | Zoological Letters |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40851-017-0080-9 |