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semelparity

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semelparity [′sem·əl‚par·əd·ē]
(biology)
Reproduction that occurs only one time during the life of an individual.
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Based on such past observation of nonvent gastropods, the bimodal nature of the histograms would suggest the vent limpets are iteroparous although the curvilinear relationship between size and fecundity in lepetodrilids would support semelparity.
Reproduction of gastropods from vents on the East Pacific rise and ... by Tyler, Paul A.; Pendlebury, Sophie; Mills, Susan W.; Mullineaux, Lauren; Eckelbarger, Kevin J.; Bake / Journal of Shellfish Research
That strategy, called, semelparity, has been found in only a few terrestrial vertebrates, all smaller than the quoll, explains Meri Oakwood, now at the University of New England in Armidale, Australia.
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Gonadal infections can even induce changes in the reproductive strategy of the bivalve, as in Pisidium amnicum where higher mortality and castration are compensated for higher reproductive effort and semelparity (Holopainen et al.
Histopathology of Gymnophallus sp. sporocysts in the edible mytilid, ... by Peharda, Melita / Journal of Shellfish Research
 
 
 
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