Effects of invasion history on physiological responses to immune system activation in invasive Australian cane toads

The cane toad (Rhinella marina) has undergone rapid evolution during its invasion of tropical Australia. Toads from invasion front populations (in Western Australia) have been reported to exhibit a stronger baseline phagocytic immune response than do conspecifics from range core populations (in Quee...

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Main Authors: Daniel Selechnik, Andrea J. West, Gregory P. Brown, Kerry V. Fanson, BriAnne Addison, Lee A. Rollins, Richard Shine
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2017-10-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/3856.pdf