Chapter 8: Reproductive Cycles

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photoperiod

length of time exposed to light

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gestate

the process of carrying a fetus in the uterus from conception until parturition

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exogenous

hormones and other compounds provided from outside the body

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circadian rhythm

in biology, any predictable repeating pattern of a biological process. The process could be on a daily (sleep pattern), monthly (estrus cycles), or even yearly or longer (breeding patterns)

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photorefractoriness

inability to respond to changes in light cycles

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Seasonal breeders

those species that successfully mate at only certain seasons of the year

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Spermatogenesis

the formation of mature sperm