Rapid and Repeated Origin of Insular Gigantism and Dwarfism in Australian Tiger Snakes

Keogh, J Scott; Scott, Ian; Hayes, Christine

Rapid and Repeated Origin of Insular Gigantism and Dwarfism in Australian Tiger Snakes

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2005

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Keogh, J Scott

Scott, Ian

Hayes, Christine

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Society for the Study of Evolution

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It is a well-known phenomenon that islands can support populations of gigantic or dwarf forms of mainland conspecifics, but the variety of explanatory hypotheses for this phenomenon have been difficult to disentangle. The highly venomous Australian tiger

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Keywords: mitochondrial DNA; body size; genetic variation; island biogeography; phenotypic plasticity; phylogeography; snake; adaptation; animal; animal disease; article; body size; diet; DNA sequence; dwarfism; food chain; genetic selection; genetics; gigantism; h Genetic assimilation; Haldanes; Mitochondrial DNA; Notechis; Phenotypic plasticity; Phylogeography; Rapid evolution

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/88618

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