Embryonic diapause (delayed implantation in mammals) is a reproductive strategy used by a number of animal species across different biological classes...

feeding is reduced and reproductive development is slowed or halted. Embryonic diapause, a somewhat similar phenomenon, occurs in over 130 species of mammals...

such as the roe deer (Capreolus capreolus, the only ungulate with embryonic diapause[citation needed]), in which a delay in attachment of the embryo to...

baby until their previous joey has left the pouch. This is known as embryonic diapause. Copulation may last 25 minutes. The red kangaroo has the typical...

signalling and marking territory. Most mustelid reproduction involves embryonic diapause. The embryo does not immediately implant in the uterus, but remains...

; Donoghue, Susan (2004). "Effects of temperature and moisture on embryonic diapause of the veiled chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus)". Journal of Experimental...

until the previous joey is able to leave the pouch. This is known as embryonic diapause and will occur in times of drought and in areas with poor food sources...

system in the alfalfa weevil, Hypera postica, during aestivation (summer diapause)". Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. 18 (4): 725–733. doi:10...

suppression and dormancy, which in many invertebrates is referred to as diapause. Some researchers and members of the public use the term brumate to describe...

give birth at any time during the year. Through a process called embryonic diapause they are able to get pregnant any time after giving birth, but the...