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EXAMINATION of a series of the reproductive organs from three species of antarctic seals, collected by the members of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, has brought to light several interesting phenomena in the ovaries of the Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddelli), the crab-eater seal (Lobodon carcinophagus) and the leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx).
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MATTHEWS, L., HARRISON, R. Subsurface Crypts, Oogenesis, and the Corpus Luteum in the Ovaries of Seals. Nature 164, 587–588 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/164587a0
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