Bimodal reproduction

Bimodal reproduction is the ability of a vertebrate animal to reproduce by both laying eggs and giving birth.[1][2][3][4][5][6][excessive citations] Examples of these animals include Saiphos equalis and Zootoca vivipara,[7][8][9]

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1. ^ "This Lizard Is in the Middle of a Wild Evolutionary Transition, Scientists Believe - VICE". Vice.com. 6 April 2020.
2. ^ Beltrán, Iván; Loiseleur, Rebecca; Durand, Victorien; Whiting, Martin J. (2020). "Effects of early thermal environment on the behavior and learning of a lizard with bimodal reproduction". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 74 (6): 73. Bibcode:2020BEcoS..74...73B. doi:10.1007/s00265-020-02849-6. S2CID 219183603.
3. ^ Beltrán, Iván; Loiseleur, Rebecca; Durand, Victorien; Whiting, Martin J. (June 7, 2020). "Effects of early thermal environment on the behavior and learning of a lizard with bimodal reproduction". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 74 (6): 73. Bibcode:2020BEcoS..74...73B. doi:10.1007/s00265-020-02849-6. S2CID 219183603 – via researchers.mq.edu.au.
4. ^ Beltrán, Iván; Durand, Victorien; Loiseleur, Rebecca; Whiting, Martin J. (November 7, 2020). "Effect of early thermal environment on the morphology and performance of a lizard species with bimodal reproduction". Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology. 190 (6): 795–809\. doi:10.1007/s00360-020-01312-2. PMID 32951106. S2CID 221828354.
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7. ^ Foucart, Thomas; Lourdais, Olivier; DeNardo, Dale F.; Heulin, Benoit (November 15, 2014). "Influence of reproductive mode on metabolic costs of reproduction: insight from the bimodal lizard Zootoca vivipara". Journal of Experimental Biology. 217 (22): 4049–4056\. doi:10.1242/jeb.104315. PMID 25278472 – via jeb.biologists.org.
8. ^ Heulin, Benoit; Kirsten Osenegg-Leconte; David Michel (1997). "Demography of a Bimodal Reproductive Species of Lizard (Lacerta vivipara): Survival and Density Characteristics of Oviparous Populations". Herpetologica. 53 (4): 432–444\. JSTOR 3893257.
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