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Widespread disruptive selection in the wild is associated with intense resource competition.

BMC evolutionary biology - 2 Aug 2012

Martin Ryan A, Pfennig David W

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BACKGROUND: Disruptive selection has been documented in a growing number of natural populations. Yet, its prevalence within individual systems remains unclear. Furthermore, few studies have sought to identify the ecological factors that promote disruptive selection in the wild. To address these issues, we surveyed 15 populations of Mexican spadefoot toad tadpoles, Spea multiplicata, and measured the prevalence of...

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PMID: 22857143
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-12-136
PMCID: PMC3432600

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