Complex sentence: This species uses a form of diversified bet-hedging called germ banking, in which emergence timing among offspring from a single clutch is highly variable in order to reduce the potential costs of a catastrophic event during a particularly vulnerable time in offspring development.
Split into simpler sentences: This species uses a form of diversified bet-hedging called germ banking, in which emergence timing among offspring from a single clutch is highly variable. This reduces the potential costs of a catastrophic event during a particularly vulnerable time in offspring development.