Background Calcareous outcrops, rocky areas composed of calcium carbonate (CaCO3), often host a diverse, specialized, and threatened biomineralizing fauna. Despite the …
How novel phenotypes originate from conserved genes, processes, and tissues remains a major question in biology. Research that sets out to answer this question often focuses on …
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There is very little published information about how to culture slugs. There are at least 36 species of slug in the UK ( Anderson, 2008) and as many as 44 ( Rowson et al., 2014), many …
The Gastropoda contains 80% of existing mollusks and is the most diverse animal class second only to the Insecta. However, the deep phylogeny of gastropods has been …
Pestiferous slugs pose a significant global threat to sustainable agriculture, horticulture and floriculture (Barker, 2002). Slugs cause crop damage by eating seeds, stems, growing points …
How novel phenotypes originate from conserved genes, processes, and tissues remains a major question in biology. Research that sets out to answer this question often focuses on …