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SUBMITTER: Corl A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2840131 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Corl Ammon A Davis Alison R AR Kuchta Shawn R SR Sinervo Barry B
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20100216 9
Polymorphism may play an important role in speciation because new species could originate from the distinctive morphs observed in polymorphic populations. However, much remains to be understood about the process by which morphs found new species. To detail the steps of this mode of speciation, we studied the geographic variation and evolutionary history of a throat color polymorphism that distinguishes the "rock-paper-scissors" mating strategies of the side-blotched lizard, Uta stansburiana. We ...[more]