Tiny crustacean big on reproduction
Thursday, June 18, 2009 - 16:21
in Paleontology & Archaeology
When it comes to sexual reproduction, it turns out that size does matter, at least for a group of ancient crustaceans called ostracods. Modern versions of these tiny animals also have extra large sperm, but not to the extent of their relatives 100 million years ago, researchers report in Thursday's edition of the journal Science.
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