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    modes are distinguished from viviparity, which covers all the modes that result in live birth: Histotrophic viviparity: the zygotes develop in the female's...
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  • first two of these modes were categorized under histotroph viviparity, or aplacental viviparity. The young of ovoviviparous amphibians are sometimes born...
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    vipers exhibit ovoviviparity. The more developed form of viviparity is called placental viviparity; mammals are the best example, but it has also evolved...
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    parent; histotrophic viviparity, where the zygotes develop in the female's oviducts, but are fed on other tissues; and hemotrophic viviparity, where the developing...
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  • Adenotrophic viviparity means "gland fed, live birth". This is the reproductive mode of insects such as tsetse flies (Glossinidae), keds (Hippoboscidae)...
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    oviparous, with egg-casings that resist evaporation of moisture. Ovo-viviparity is where the zygote is retained in the adult's body but there are no trophic...
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    Hemiptera (/hɛˈmɪptərə/; from Ancient Greek hemipterus 'half-winged') is an order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising over 80,000 species...
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    Shark (section Viviparity)
    shark, and swellshark. Viviparity is the gestation of young without the use of a traditional egg, and results in live birth. Viviparity in sharks can be placental...
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    where either unfertilised oocytes or fertilised eggs are spawned, and viviparity traditionally including any mechanism where young are born live, or where...
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    condition. The oldest case of viviparity in ray-finned fish is found in Middle Triassic species of †Saurichthys. Viviparity is relatively rare and is found...
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