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Sexual dimorphism and directional sexual selection on aposematic signals in a poison frog

It is commonly assumed that natural selection imposed by predators is the prevailing force driving the evolution of aposematic traits. Here, we demonstrate that aposematic signals are shaped by sexual selection as well. We evaluated sexual selection for coloration brightness in populations of the po...

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Main Authors: Maan, Martine E., Cummings, Molly E.
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: National Academy of Sciences 2009
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2776464/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19858491
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0903327106
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