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Comparative reproductive biology

Study of how gestation, birth size and parental investment vary across species, and what those differences imply about selection on reproduction.

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A 140-species review puts fetal sex inside the obstetrical dilemma

Male newborns are the heavier sex in most placental mammals the authors surveyed, which makes birth risk unequal for sons and daughters. Whether that inequality causes obstructed labour is still untested outside humans and farm animals.

Publishers:phys.org

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