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Rapid prey-induced shift in body size in an isolated snake population (Notechis scutatus, Elapidae)

2007-12-01

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Geographic divergence in phenotypic traits between long-isolated populations likely has a genetic basis, but can phenotypic plasticity generate such divergence rapidly in the initial stages of isolation? Australian tiger snakes (Notechis scutatus, Elapidae) provide a classic model system for the evolution of body size: mean adult sizes are relatively invariant in mainland populations, but many offshore islands hav...

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DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2007.01777.x

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