Variation of shell shape in the clonal snail Melanoides tuberculata and its consequences for the interpretation of fossil series.

doi:10.1111/j.0014-3820.2000.tb00052.x

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Variation of shell shape in the clonal snail Melanoides tuberculata and its consequences for the interpretation of fossil series.

Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Apr 2000

Samadi S, David P, Jarne P

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Interpreting paleontological data is difficult because the genetic nature of observed morphological variation is generally unknown. Indeed, it is hardly possible to distinguish among several sources of morphological variation including phenotypic plasticity, sexual dimorphism, within-species genetic variation or differences among species. This can be addressed using fossil organisms with recent representatives....

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Animals
Biological Evolution
Female
Fossils
Genotype
Male
Phenotype
Sex Characteristics
Snails

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PMID: 10937226
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2000.tb00052.x

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