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evolution in embryonic development
- In animal development: Adaptations in mammals
role in vertebrate mating behaviour
- In reproductive behaviour: Fishes
- In animal reproductive system: Provisions for the developing embryo

characteristic of

Dinocephalosaurus
- In archosaur
Gymnophiona
- In Gymnophiona: Breeding behaviour
lizards
- In lizard: Embryonic development and sex determination
mail-cheeked fish
- In scorpaeniform: Reproduction
mammals
- In mammal
mangroves
- In Myrtales: Characteristic morphological features
Perciformes
- In perciform: Life history
scorpions
- In scorpion: Reproduction and life cycle
shark species
- In chondrichthyan: Reproduction and development
snakes
- In snake: Egg formation and laying
spiny-finned fish
- In atheriniform: Natural history

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Modified link of Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - The Evolution of Viviparity.	Emily Rodriguez	Nov 15, 2018
	Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - The Evolution of Viviparity.	Aakanksha Gaur	Jul 31, 2018
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998