Size did matter
Thursday, June 18, 2009 - 13:21
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The mystery of giant sperm present in some living animal groups today has taken on a new dimension. In one group of micro-crustaceans new evidence shows the feature is at least 100 million years old. Renate Matzke-Karasz, from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Munich, has led an international team of scientists, studying specimens from the London Natural History Museum's collections. Their research has revealed fossilised evidence for reproduction using giant sperm in a group of small aquatic crustaceans, called ostracods, dating back to 100 million years ago...
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