Reproduction: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
The nature of reproduction is addressed in John Tyler Bonner, Size and Cycle (1965), a very general discussion of the evolutionary significance of life cycles in animals and plants; and James Watson, Molecular Biology of the Gene, 4th ed., 2 vol. (1987), an up-to-date summary of molecular replication by one of the pioneers in the field.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Article title updated for style. | Nov 06, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Raider Digital Publishing - Introductory Biology 2 - Reproduction. | Oct 16, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Gresham College - The Ethics of Reproduction. | Mar 11, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: PNAS - Self-reproduction as an autonomous process of growth and reorganization in fully abiotic, artificial and synthetic cells. | Sep 13, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Chicago Journals - The Role of Reproduction in Evolution (PDF). | Jan 25, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - The Physiology of Reproduction Β Quo vadis? | Nov 30, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Physiology - The Physiology of Reproduction Β Quo vadis? | Jul 26, 2024 | ||
| Media added. | May 21, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Michigan State University Libraries - An Interactive Introduction to Organismal and Molecular Biology, 2nd ed. - Reproduction. | Apr 12, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Types of reproduction review. | Dec 16, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Milne Library - Reproduction: development and physiology. | Nov 02, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Biology LibreTexts - Reproduction. | Mar 24, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: OpenStax - Biology 2e - Reproduction Methods. | Jan 12, 2023 | ||
| Rearranged media. | Dec 18, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: WebMD - Infertility and Reproduction. | Jun 10, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - Reproduction. | Apr 11, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: How Stuff Works - Science - How Human Reproduction Works. | Mar 09, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Merck Manuals - Professional Version - Conception and Prenatal Development. | Dec 01, 2011 | ||
| Media added. | Aug 07, 2009 | ||
| Video depicting fungi reproduction added. | Jan 21, 2009 | ||
| Article revised. | Sep 08, 2000 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Oct 19, 1998 |
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