Evolutionary genetics of metamorphic failure using wild‐caught vs. laboratory axolotls (Ambystoma mexicanum)
- 1 September 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Molecular Ecology
- Vol. 9 (9) , 1401-1407
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-294x.2000.01025.x
Abstract
In many organisms metamorphosis allows for an ecologically important habitat‐shift from water to land. However, in some salamanders an adaptive life cycle mode has evolved that is characterized by me...Keywords
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