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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...
Autores principales: | Vidal-Cordero, J Manuel, Moreno-Rueda, Gregorio, López-Orta, Antonio, Marfil-Daza, Carlos, Ros-Santaella, José L, Ortiz-Sánchez, F Javier |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2012
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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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