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Animal trait variation at the within-individual level: erythrocyte size variation and malaria infection in a tropical lizard.
PeerJ - 1 Jan 2022
Cruz Virnaliz, Cruz-Pantoja Omar, Tremblay Raymond, Acevedo Miguel
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High levels of within-individual variation (WIV) in reiterative components in plants such as leaves, flowers, and fruits have been shown to increase individual fitness by multiple mechanisms including mediating interactions with natural enemies. This relationship between WIV and fitness has been studied almost exclusively in plant systems. While animals do not exhibit conspicuous reiterative components, they have...
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