“Indirect development” increases reproductive plasticity and contributes to the success of scyphozoan jellyfish in the oceans

Abstract Ecologists and evolutionary biologists have been looking for the key(s) to the success of scyphomedusae through their long evolutionary history in multiple habitats. Their ability to generate young medusae (ephyrae) via two distinct reproductive strategies, strobilation or direct developmen...

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Main Authors: Isabella D’Ambra, Louise Merquiol, William M. Graham, John H. Costello
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/02b8036b6176466d87592782d0e7f0d8
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