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A maternal effect mediates rapid population divergence and character displacement in spadefoot toads.

Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Apr 2009

Pfennig David W, Martin Ryan A

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Despite long-standing interest in character displacement, little is known of its underlying proximate causes. Here, we explore the role of maternal effects in character displacement. We specifically investigated whether differences in maternal body condition mediate divergence in the expression of resource-use traits between populations of spadefoot toads (Spea multiplicata) that occur in sympatry with a...

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PMID: 19154374
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2008.00544.x

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