Developmental polyphenism shapes juvenile behaviours and glucocorticoid regulation in spadefoot toads.

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Developmental plasticity allows organisms to generate phenotypic variation in response to environmental cues, adaptively matching local conditions. The most striking plasticity is developmental polyphenism, where a single genotype produces two or more discrete morphs, each defined by a suite of integrated traits. However, few studies address how these suites can be decoupled, within or across life stages. To...

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