Passive accumulation of alkaloids in inconspicuously colored frogs refines the evolutionary paradigm of acquired chemical defenses
Understanding the origins of novel, complex phenotypes is a major goal in evolutionary biology. Poison frogs of the family Dendrobatidae have evolved the novel ability to acquire alkaloids from their diet for chemical defense at least three times. However, taxon sampling for alkaloids has been biase...
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| Langue: | English |
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eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
2024-12-01
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| Accès en ligne: | https://elifesciences.org/articles/100011 |