Toxicity of dangerous prey: Variation of tetrodotoxin levels within and among populations of the newt Taricha granulosa

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2161-2175

  Hanifin, Charles T ^a   Yotsu Yamashita, Mari ^b   Yasumoto, Takeshi ^b,d   Brodie III, Edmund D ^c   Brodie Jr , Edmund D ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JAPAN FOOD RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arms race; Caudata; Coevolution; Predator prey; Taricha granulosa; Tetrodotoxin

Indexed keywords

TETRODOTOXIN;

AMPHIBIAN; ARMS RACE; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; COEVOLUTION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NEWT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREDATION; SPECIES; STEREOISOMERISM; TOXICITY;

TARICHA GRANULOSA;

EID: 0032883332     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021049125805     Document Type: Article

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