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Identification of a novel uromodulin-like gene related to predator-induced bulgy morph in anuran tadpoles by functional microarray analysis.
PloS one - 16 Jun 2009
Mori Tsukasa, Kawachi Hiroko, Imai Chiharu, Sugiyama Manabu, Kurata Youichi, Kishida Osamu, Nishimura Kinya
Abstract excerpt
Tadpoles of the anuran species Rana pirica can undergo predator-specific morphological responses. Exposure to a predation threat by larvae of the salamander Hynobius retardatus results in formation of a bulgy body (bulgy morph) with a higher tail. The tadpoles revert to a normal phenotype upon removal of the larval salamander threat. Although predator-induced phenotypic plasticity is of major interest to...
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