Inducible defences in Daphnia depend on latent alarm signals from conspecific prey activated in predators.

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Some water fleas (Daphnia spp.) undergo phenotypic changes when exposed to chemical signals from predators. The chemical signals have been assumed to be of predator origin (i.e. kairomones), since juices of crushed Daphnia have been found ineffective. We speculated that latent alarm signals could be present in Daphnia, to be activated in predators following ingestion. Accordingly, fish predators were fed...

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