Behavioral Variation in Natural Populations. II. The Inheritance of a Feeding Response in Crosses Between Geographic Races of the Garter Snake, Thamnophis elegans

An analysis of a slug-eating response by naive, newborn garter snakes provides a particularly clear example of geographic variation in behavior with a genetic basis. Feeding responses were recorded for three parental populations and their F1progeny: behaviors were scored in a total of 1,531 snakes....

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Veröffentlicht in:Evolution. - Blackwell Publishing, Inc.. - 35(1981), 3, Seite 510-515
1. Verfasser: Arnold, Stevan J. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 1981
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Evolution
Schlagworte:Biological sciences Physical sciences Business Health sciences Social sciences