Same but different: aquatic prey capture in paedomorphic and metamorphic Alpine newts
Abstract Paedomorphosis describes the retention of larval characters in adult stages and is widespread amongst salamanders. Salamandrid newts exhibit facultative paedomorphosis, where paedomorphic and metamorphic adult forms coexist in the same population. Previous studies have shown that prey captu...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-07-01
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| Series: | Zoological Letters |
| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40851-019-0140-4 |