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Conspicuous coloration of toxin-resistant predators implicates additional trophic interactions in a predator-prey arms race.
Molecular ecology - 1 Aug 2023
Hague Michael T J, Miller Lauren E, Stokes Amber N, Feldman Chris R, Brodie Edmund D, Brodie Edmund D
Abstract excerpt
Antagonistic coevolution between natural enemies can produce highly exaggerated traits, such as prey toxins and predator resistance. This reciprocal process of adaptation and counter-adaptation may also open doors to other evolutionary novelties not directly involved in the phenotypic interface of coevolution. We tested the hypothesis that predator-prey coevolution coincided with the evolution of conspicuous...
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