Variation in size and shape of toxin glands among cane toads from native-range and invasive populations

If optimal investment in anti-predator defences depends on predation risk, invading new regions (and thus, encountering different predators) may favour shifts in that investment. Cane toads offer an ideal system to test this prediction: expensive anti-predator toxins are stored mainly in parotoid gl...

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Autores principales: Hudson, Cameron M., Brown, Gregory P., Blennerhassett, Ryann A., Shine, Richard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7806831/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33441802
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-80191-7

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7806831/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33441802
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-80191-7

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