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Larval growth in polyphenic salamanders: making the best of a bad lot.
Oecologia - 1 Jan 2012
Whiteman H H, Wissinger S A, Denoël M, Mecklin C J, Gerlanc N M, Gutrich J J
Abstract excerpt
Polyphenisms are excellent models for studying phenotypic variation, yet few studies have focused on natural populations. Facultative paedomorphosis is a polyphenism in which salamanders either metamorphose or retain their larval morphology and eventually become paedomorphic. Paedomorphosis can result from selection for capitalizing on favorable aquatic habitats (paedomorph advantage), but could also be a default...
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