Both incubation temperature and posthatching temperature affect swimming performance and morphology of wood frog tadpoles (Rana sylvatica).

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In many oviparous vertebrates, hatchling phenotypes are influenced by egg incubation temperature. Many of those phenotypic traits can also acclimate to long-term thermal conditions of juveniles and adults, yet the interactive effects of prehatching and posthatching temperatures on phenotypes have not been studied. To address such interaction, we incubated eggs of wood frogs (Rana sylvatica) at two temperatures...

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