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Hybridization promotes color polymorphism in the aposematic harlequin poison frog, Oophaga histrionica

Date

Authors

Medina, Iliana

Wang, Ian J.

Salazar, Camilo

Amezquita, Adolfo

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons Inc

Abstract

Whether hybridization can be a mechanism that drives phenotypic diversity is a widely debated topic in evolutionary biology. In poison frogs (Dendrobatidae), assortative mating has been invoked to explain how new color morphs persist despite the expected

Keywords

Keywords: Admixture; Aposematism; Coloration; Hybridization; Microsatellites; Phenotypic variation; Phylogenetics; Poison frogs

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/77824

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Ecology and Evolution

Type

Journal article

Access Statement

Open Access

DOI

10.1002/ece3.794

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