Browsing Biology by Author "Brown, Jason L."
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Phenotypic and Genetic Divergence among Poison Frog Populations in a Mimetic Radiation
Twomey, Evan; Yeager, Justin; Brown, Jason L.; Morales, Victor; Cummings, Molly; Summers, Kyle (2013)The evolution of Müllerian mimicry is, paradoxically, associated with high levels of diversity in color and pattern. In a mimetic radiation, different populations of a species evolve to resemble different models, which can ... -
Tactical reproductive parasitism via larval cannibalism in Peruvian poison frogs
Brown, Jason L.; Morales, Victor; Summers, Kyle (East Carolina University, 2009-04-23)We report an unusual example of reproductive parasitism in amphibians. Dendrobates variabi- lis, an Amazonian poison frog, oviposits at the surface of the water in small pools in plants and deposits tadpoles within the ...