Predators induce cloning in echinoderm larvae

Science

Volumn 319, Issue 5869, 2008, Pages 1503-

  Vaughn, Dawn ^a   Strathmann, Richard R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONE; ECHINODERM; LARVA; PREDATOR;

ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CLONING; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ECHINODERM; EGG SIZE; FISH; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; CUES; FISHES; LARVA; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; SEA URCHINS; ZOOPLANKTON;

ECHINODERMATA;

EID: 40849102600     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1151995     Document Type: Article

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8. We thank K. A. McDonald, F. X. Oyarzun, and M. F. Strathmann for discussion; L. Britt for collecting the fish predators used in this study; and K. Vaughn for assistance. Funding was provided by the Friday Harbor Laboratories and NSF (grant OCE0623102).