Posthatching Yolk in a Lizard: Internalization and Contribution to Growth
- 1 June 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in Journal of Herpetology
- Vol. 21 (2) , 102-106
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1564470
Abstract
The lizard Iguana iguana emerges from the egg with a portion of the original yolk remaining; this yolk mass is drawn into the body cavity by contraction of the ...This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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