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