Shooting darts: co-evolution and counter-adaptation in hermaphroditic snails

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Evolutionary conflicts of interest between the sexes often lead to co-evolutionary arms races consisting of repeated arisal of traits advantageous for one sex but harmful to the other sex, and counter-adaptations by the latter. In he...

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Main Authors: Koene Joris M, Schulenburg Hinrich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2005-03-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/5/25