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R C Taylor1, M J Ryan

  • 1Department of Biology, Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD 21801, USA.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|June 8, 2013
PubMed
まとめ

雌のツンガラカエルは,音声と視覚信号の組み合わせを魅力的に見ています. これは,複雑な性信号の進化が,既存の特徴を組み合わせることで生じる可能性があることを示唆しています.

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