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Spatial and temporal drivers of phenotypic diversity in polymorphic snakes.

The American naturalist - 1 Aug 2013

Cox Christian L, Davis Rabosky Alison R

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Color polymorphism in natural populations presents an ideal opportunity to study the evolutionary drivers of phenotypic diversity. Systems with striking spatial, temporal, and qualitative variation in color can be leveraged to study the mechanisms promoting the distribution of different types of variation in nature. We used the highly polymorphic ground snake (Sonora semiannulata), a putative coral snake mimic...

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Animals
Biological Evolution
Gene Flow
Phenotype
Phylogeography
Pigmentation
Polymorphism, Genetic
Population Dynamics
Selection, Genetic
Snakes
Southwestern United States

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PMID: 23852362
DOI: 10.1086/670988

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