One species, two developmental modes: a case of geographic poecilogony in marine gastropods

Abstract Background Poecilogony, the presence of two developmental modes in the same animal species, is a rare phenomenon. Few cases of poecilogony have been suggested for marine invertebrates including molluscs and even less stood extensive testing, mostly revealing a species pair with differing de...

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Main Authors: Benedikt Wiggering, Marco T. Neiber, Katharina Gebauer, Matthias Glaubrecht
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-06-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-020-01644-1