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Fertilization in Monotreme, Marsupial and Eutherian Mammals

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Fertilization in Protozoa and Metazoan Animals

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There are three quite distinct evolutionary lineages of mammals which have been separated for many millions of years by time and place. The northern-origin (European, Asian, African and North American) eutherian mammals - often called placental mammals - and the southern-origin monotremes (Australasian) and marsupials (Australasian and American).

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