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Snake and Bird Predation Drive the Repeated Convergent Evolution of Correlated Life History Traits and Phenotype in the Izu Island Scincid Lizard (Plestiodon latiscutatus)

Predation may create strong natural selection pressure on the phenotype and life history characteristics of prey species. The Izu scincid lizards (Plestiodon latiscutatus) that inhabit the four Japanese Izu Islands with only bird predators are drab brown, mature later, lay small clutches of large eg...

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Main Authors: Brandley, Matthew C., Kuriyama, Takeo, Hasegawa, Masami
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3965430/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24667496
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0092233
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