Morphological convergence in a Mexican garter snake associated with the ingestion of a novel prey

Morphological convergence is expected when organisms which differ in phenotype experience similar functional demands, which lead to similar associations between resource utilization and performance. To consume prey with hard exoskeletons, snakes require either specialized head morphology, or to deal...

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Autores principales: Manjarrez, Javier, Macías Garcia, Constantino, Drummond, Hugh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5606893/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28944009
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3265

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5606893/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28944009
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3265

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