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Agile Antechinus (Antechinus agilis)

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Lecture XII: Reproduction and Life History Strategies

Spermatogenic Cycle

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Microtus montanus

Dipodomys ingens

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Mechanisms for Optimizing Birth Timing

Myotis ciliolabrum (Western small-footed myotis)

Artibeus lituratus (Big Fruit-eating Bat)

1) Delayed fertilization

2) Delayed development

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Mechanisms for Optimizing Birth Timing

3) Delayed implantation(Chiroptera, Carnivora, Xenarthra, Artiodactyla)

4) Embryonic Diapause(Macropods)

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