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Record 1 2007-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Reproduction
DEF

The act of carrying young in the uterus from conception to birth.

OBS

Gestation: synonymous with pregnancy, but most often applied to nonhuman viviparous animals.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Reproduction des animaux
DEF

Période pendant laquelle une femelle porte son petit depuis la conception jusqu'à la mise bas.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Reproducción de animales
DEF

Período de preñez, que va desde la fecundación hasta el nacimiento; en promedio, la duración en los ovinos es de 150 días (5 meses).

CONT

Las primeras observaciones de la gestación fueron realizadas por el naturalista Robert Broom en 1895, cuando se le suministraron dos equidnas, macho y hembra, que habían sido capturados "en cópula".

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