Oviparous
The word oviparous refers to animals that lay eggs which hatch externally.In other words the female retains the fertilized eggs in her body until they hatch, so that "live" young are born.
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Karen Courtemanche might be getting new neighbors, and she hears their stench is unbearable.Courtemanche lives a mile and a half from the site of a proposed 900,000-chicken farm, but she and other ...
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The first pregnancy achieved with egg donation was reported in 1984. Since then, demand for donor eggs has quickly increased.If you are considering donating eggs, fertility doctors say there are a ...
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Customs agents have seized fossilized dinosaur eggs believed to have been smuggled illegally from China and auctioned for $420,000, officials said Thursday.The 22 eggs, each 65 million years old, w...
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Don't count on freezing eggs to offset a ticking biological clock just yet. So say new guidelines for fertility specialists that conclude the procedure remains highly experimental even though it is...
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Raise my kids, or else! People have long wondered how cowbirds can get away with leaving their eggs in the nests of other species, who then raise the baby cowbirds. Why don't the hosts just toss th...
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Human egg donation was a rarity not so long ago. But heightened demand for eggs _ and rising compensation for donors _ are prompting more young women to consider it.Jennifer Dziura, a 28-year-old N...
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