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In their recent monograph on marsupial reproductive biology Tyndale-Biscoe and Renfree (1987) relate how the distinctive features of pouch life in marsupials were introduced to European biology almost 500 years ago. The embryological foundations for understanding the special adaptations of newborn marsupials were first achieved during the 19th century with papers by Owen (1834), Selenka (1887, 1892) and Hill (1895, 1899). The accurate reporting of behaviour of marsupials at birth dates to Hartman (1916, 1919, 1920).
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Hughes, R.L., Hall, L.S. (1988). Structural Adaptations of the Newborn Marsupial. In: Tyndale-Biscoe, C.H., Janssens, P.A. (eds) The Developing Marsupial. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-88402-3_2
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