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Period of time between fertilization and birth of an animal. Commonly called pregnancy.
Gestation is pregnancy, carrying in the womb.
Gestation is the process of carrying or being carried in the womb between conception and birth. Some animals gestation period lasts up to 113 days.
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What is the relationship between life span and gestation period?
Gestation period and lifespan are positively correlated, as the Animals with fast life cycles (short lifespan) will have fast gestation periods. This is because they evolved to live quickly due to predators and competition for food. Professor William Amos, Professor of Evolutionary Genetics, University of Cambridge
Which hormone keeps the myometrium calm and quiet during gestation?
Progesterone
What is The period whereby the egg develops into a baby inside the mother's womb called?
Gestation
What is the primary change that happens to a human during the third trimester of gestation?
The organs mature.
How long does the embryo take to develop inside the mother's body?
If it's a human embryo, about nine months. If you're a mouse embryo, about twenty days. Gestation time in mammals varies species to species, but it's generally safe to say the bigger the animal, the longer the gestation.
What is the definition of a gestation period?
It is the length of time to produce offspring. In humans, it is about 9 months.
When does gestation occur?
Gestation occurs in a womb.
What is the definition to the word perinatal?
occurring during or pertaining to the phase surrounding the time of birth, from the twentieth week of gestation to the twenty-eighth day of newborn life.
What is a synonym for gestation?
a synonym for gestation is pregnancy
What is gestation on Howrse?
Gestation means pregnancy.
What is the gestation period of a megalodon?
what is the megalodon's gestation
Gestation period of a axolotl?
gestation period of an axolotl?
What is the gestation tube?
A uterus could be described as a gestation tube; that is where gestation (the growth of a fetus) takes place.
What is the term for the length of pregnancy?
Gestation, or a gestation period.
What term means the same as gestation?
pregnancy
What is a gestation machine?
A machine that simulates the gestation of a female mammal's womb see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gestation
The gestation of a pig?
The gestation of a pig is approximately 144 days.
