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A Common Endocrine Signature Marks the Convergent Evolution of an Elaborate Dance Display in Frogs.
The American naturalist - 1 Oct 2021
Anderson Nigel K, Schuppe Eric R, Gururaja K V, Mangiamele Lisa A, Martinez Juan Carlos Cusi, Priti H, May Rudolf von, Preininger Doris, Fuxjager Matthew J
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AbstractUnrelated species often evolve similar phenotypic solutions to the same environmental problem, a phenomenon known as convergent evolution. But how do these common traits arise? We address this question from a physiological perspective by assessing how convergence of an elaborate gestural display in frogs (foot-flagging) is linked to changes in the androgenic hormone systems that underlie it. We show that...
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