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why oestrus cycle is not in primates??

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Cyclical changes in ovaries, accessory reproductive ducts and hormones in primates during reproductive phase is called menstrual cycle, and in non primates, it is termed as oestrous cycle.
Primates can copulate in any season and Non primates copulate during favourable seasons only.

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