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What explains rare and conspicuous colours in a snail? A test of time-series data against models of drift, migration or selection
It is intriguing that conspicuous colour morphs of a prey species may be maintained at low frequencies alongside cryptic morphs. Negative frequency-dependent selection by predators using search images (‘apostatic selection') is often suggested without rejecting alternative explanations. Using a...
Autores principales: | Johannesson, K, Butlin, R K |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5176118/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27649616 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/hdy.2016.77 |
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