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Maternally derived chemical defences are an effective deterrent against some predators of poison frog tadpoles (Oophaga pumilio)

Parents defend their young in many ways, including provisioning chemical defences. Recent work in a poison frog system offers the first example of an animal that provisions its young with alkaloids after hatching or birth rather than before. But it is not yet known whether maternally derived alkaloi...

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Main Authors: Stynoski, Jennifer L., Shelton, Georgia, Stynoski, Peter
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The Royal Society 2014
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4046375/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24850895
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2014.0187
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