Brighter-colored paper wasps (Polistes dominula) have larger poison glands

INTRODUCTION: Aposematism is a defense system against predators consisting of the toxicity warning using conspicuous coloration. If the toxin production and aposematic coloration is costly, only individuals in good physical condition could simultaneously produce abundant poison and striking colorati...

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Autores principales: Vidal-Cordero, J Manuel, Moreno-Rueda, Gregorio, López-Orta, Antonio, Marfil-Daza, Carlos, Ros-Santaella, José L, Ortiz-Sánchez, F Javier
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3495029/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22901602
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-9-20

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3495029/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22901602
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-9-20

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