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Oviparous |
* Fertilized eggs are deposited outside of mothers body to complete development |
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Ovo-viviparous |
* Fertilized eggs are retained inside mothers body to complete development |
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Viviparous |
Young develop inside mother and obtain nourishment from mother blood |
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Simultaneous Hermaphrodites |
Can produce egg and sperm at same time |
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Sequential Hermaphrodites |
Animals can change sexes |
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Parthenogenesis |
* Form of asexual reproduction |
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Marsupials |
* Vivparous |
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Placental |
* Viviparous |
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Estrous cycle |
female receptive to male around ovulation |
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Menstrual cycle |
females menstruate; receptive to male at any time |
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LH male |
* Targets lytic cells in testes and triggers testosterone secretion |
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LH female |
* Surge in LH halfway through ovarian cycle trigger ovulation |
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FSH male |
* Targets sertoli cells |
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FSH female |
* LH and FSH start the ovarian cycle |
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HCG |
* If fertilization does occur the embryo prevents regression of carpus ileleum by releasing HCG |
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Fecundity |
number of offspring produced |
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Monotremes |
egg laying mammals (oviparous) |
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Advantages to fertilization |
* Genetic diversity |
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Asexual |
* Budding |
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progesterone |
* Once inplanted the placenta produces progesterone Keeps menstrual cycle from happen* Maintains endomentrium * Provents ovulation * Evidence that females immune system response against fetus suppressed |