Mating system drives negative associations between morphological features in <it>Schistosomatidae</it>

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Sexual morphological features are known to be associated with the mating systems of several animal groups. However, it has been suggested that morphological features other than sexual characteristics could also be constrained by the...

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Main Authors: Beltran Sophie, Desdevises Yves, Portela Julien, Boissier Jérôme
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-08-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/10/245