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SINCE 1950, efforts have been made by biologists of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition at Heard Island to collect material for the study of the embryology of the elephant seal, Macrorhinus proboscideus (Peron and Lesueur). The task was rendered difficult by the fact that the female spends most of the year feeding at sea and only returns to land for parturition and moulting.
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GIBBNEY, L. Delayed Implantation in the Elephant Seal. Nature 172, 590–591 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1038/172590a0
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