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Viviparity

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Cellular and Molecular Aspects of Implantation

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Reproduction is one of the cardinal attributes of all living things and although the end result in all instances is the same, the ways by which it is accomplished may be quite different. Irrespective of their ordinal rank, living creatures face much the same problems in their efforts to survive as individuals and as species. They must adjust, in some way or the other, to the same physical influences, such as those caused by seasonal and environmental changes, and they have at their disposal the same choice of chemical elements from which to synthesize the humoral agencies that regulate their reproductive activities. The endocrine secretions of the reproductive organs are not, however, of vital importance for the well-being of the individual; any or all of the structures directly concerned with reproduction may fail to function or be surgically removed without affecting the general health or life expectancy of the individual. This relative independence of the reproductive processes, as true of vertebrates as it is of invertebrates, has made it possible for widely different adaptive mechanisms to occur, without marked interference with the general economy of the body; it is with a consideration of these, as well as the hormonal regulations in the adaptations of the different species to their established environmental niches, that we will be most concerned. Many of the facts are familiar; perhaps the relationships are too; but there are reasons to believe that they are worth pointing out again, even if they are not new.

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Amoroso, E.C. (1981). Viviparity. In: Glasser, S.R., Bullock, D.W. (eds) Cellular and Molecular Aspects of Implantation. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3180-3_1

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