Snail shape and growth rates: Evidence for plastic shell allometry in Littorina littorea
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Snail shape and growth rates: Evidence for plastic shell allometry in Littorina littorea.
The periwinkle Littorina littorea exhibits morphological variation among southern New England populations that appear to be genetically continuous. In dense populations, individuals have relatively elongate shells in comparison to individuals in sparse populations, which have rounder, globose shells. We experimentally demonstrate that this shell variation is a function of snail growth rate. Rap...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
سال: 1984
ISSN: 0027-8424,1091-6490
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.81.3.811