Zoological detective stories: the case of the facetotectan crustacean life cycle.
The reconstruction of complete animal life cycles is sometimes a considerable problem, even though the knowledge of the full life cycle may have far-reaching evolutionary implications. A new study published in BMC Biology on artificially induced metamorphosis in an enigmatic crustacean group that was only known from larval stages sheds new light on the evolution of parasitism.
Scholtz
Gerhard
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Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institut für Biologie/Vergleichende Zoologie, Philippstrasse 13, 10115 Berlin, Germany. gerhard.scholtz@rz.hu-berlin.de
D000818:Animals; D003445:Crustacea / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development*; D008018:Life Cycle Stages; D010271:Parasites / Q000254:growth & development; D010802:Phylogeny