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SUBMITTER: Zakas C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6168281 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zakas Christina C Deutscher Jennifer M JM Kay Alex D AD Rockman Matthew V MV
eLife 20180910
Evolutionary transitions from indirect to direct development involve changes in both maternal and zygotic genetic factors, with distinctive population-genetic implications, but empirical data on the genetics of such transitions are lacking. The polychaete <i>Streblospio benedicti</i> provides an opportunity to dissect a major transition in developmental mode using forward genetics. Females in this species produce either small eggs that develop into planktonic larvae or large eggs that develop in ...[more]