• DOI:10.1126/science.1151995
Corpus ID: 206509992

Predators Induce Cloning in Echinoderm Larvae

@article{Vaughn2008PredatorsIC,
  title={Predators Induce Cloning in Echinoderm Larvae},
  author={D. Vaughn and R. Strathmann},
  journal={Science},
  year={2008},
  volume={319},
  pages={1503 - 1503}
}

D. Vaughn, R. Strathmann

Published 2008

Biology, Medicine

Science

Asexual propagation (cloning) is a widespread reproductive strategy of plants and animals. Although larval cloning is well documented in echinoderms, identified stimuli for cloning are limited to those associated with conditions favorable for growth and reproduction. Our research shows that larvae of the sand dollar Dendraster excentricus also clone in response to cues from predators. Predator-induced clones were smaller than uncloned larvae, suggesting an advantage against visual predators… CONTINUE READING

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