Embryonic diapause in European roe deer (Capreolus capreolus)
The total gestation period in the roe deer is approximately 290 days (10 months). When the blastocyst reaches the 20-30 stage it enters a 5-month period of diapause. During the last six weeks of diapause the blastocyst undergoes mitosis and reactivates in late December or early January at the 100-ce...
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University of Aberdeen
2002
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.394554 |