From crocodiles to krill, a warming world raises the 'costs' paid by developing embryos
- Written by Dustin Marshall, Professor, Marine Evolutionary Ecology, Monash University
Author providedApart from mammals and birds, most animals develop as eggs exposed to the vagaries of the outside world. This development is energetically “costly”. Going from a tiny egg to a fully functioning organism can deplete up to 60% of the energy reserves provided by a parent.
In cold-blooded animals such as marine invertebrates...
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