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Size Mattered Back In The Day

  • 20-06-2009 12:16pm
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    Galvasean
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    Tiny crustaceans? Giant sperm? I swear it's legitimate news! :pac:
    Matzke-Karasz wrote:
    In these microfossils, we detected organs that are required for transferring giant spermatozoa. Since modern ostracods still produce giant sperm and manoeuvre them with the same organs as 100 million years ago, it's safe to say this distinctive feature evolved only once in this group. It seems to be an evolutionarily successful reproduction strategy, even though it comes at an exceedingly high price for both genders, as a lot of energy is invested in producing and carrying such enormous sperm

    Full article http://www.sciencecentric.com/news/article.php?q=09061864-size-did-matter
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