Why pygmy snails lay giant eggs: the kiwi syndrome

 

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Autor: Monge-Nájera, Julián
Format: artículo original
Status:Versión publicada
Datum izdanja:2020
Opis:Some minute land snails lay disproportionally large eggs, and the reason is unknown. A possibility is the “Kiwi Syndrome”, in which natural selection pressures associated with low egg predation, heavy predation of the young, and a minimal viable size for hatchlings, force small females to invest in relatively large offspring at the cost of reduced fecundity.
Zemlja:Portal de Revistas UCR
Institucija:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Jezik:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/43811
Online pristup:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/43811
Access Level:acceso abierto
Ključna riječ:Punctum pygmaeum, egg size, predation, fecundity, Apteryx.