Does viviparity evolve in cold climate reptiles because pregnant females maintain stable (not high) body temperatures?
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Richard
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School of Biological Sciences, A08, University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia. rics@bio.usyd.edu.au
D000818:Animals; D020958:Australian Capital Territory; D005075:Biological Evolution; D001831:Body Temperature; D001837:Body Weights and Measures; D002980:Climate; D003080:Cold Temperature; D005260:Female; D008124:Locomotion / Q000502:physiology; D010641:Phenotype; D010858:Pigmentation / Q000502:physiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011270:Pregnancy, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D012098:Reproduction / Q000502:physiology*; D012104:Reptiles / Q000502:physiology*; D012641:Selection, Genetic