Brighter-colored paper wasps (Polistes dominula) have larger poison glands

INTRODUCTION: Aposematism is a defense system against predators consisting of the toxicity warning using conspicuous coloration. If the toxin production and aposematic coloration is costly, only individuals in good physical condition could simultaneously produce abundant poison and striking colorati...

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Auteurs principaux: Vidal-Cordero, J Manuel, Moreno-Rueda, Gregorio, López-Orta, Antonio, Marfil-Daza, Carlos, Ros-Santaella, José L, Ortiz-Sánchez, F Javier
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Langue:Inglês
Publié: BioMed Central 2012
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Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3495029/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22901602
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-9-20
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