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Leptin Manipulation Reduces Appetite and Causes a Switch in Mating Preference in the Plains Spadefoot Toad (Spea bombifrons)

Condition- or context-dependent mate choice occurs when females modify their mate preferences depending on their internal or external environment. While the ecological and evolutionary factors that favor the evolution of such plasticity are emerging, relatively little is known of the mechanisms unde...

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Autores principales: Garcia, Nicholas W., Pfennig, Karin S., Burmeister, Sabrina S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4412710/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25919309
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0125981