Evolutionary response of predators to dangerous prey: Preadaptation and the evolution of tetrodotoxin resistance in garter snakes

Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1528-1535

  Motychak, Jeffrey E ^a   Brodie Jr , Edmund D ^a   Brodie III, Edmund D ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coevolution; Garter snake; Preadaptation; Predator prey; Resistance; Tetrodotoxin

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COEVOLUTION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SNAKE;

SALAMANDRIDAE; SERPENTES; TARICHA GRANULOSA; THAMNOPHIS; THAMNOPHIS ELEGANS; THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS;

EID: 0032716617     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1999.tb05416.x     Document Type: Article

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