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Former Royster fellow links plasticity and persistence | UNC-Chapel Hill
In the temporary ponds of the desert Southwest, the same spadefoot toad tadpole can become one of two very different animals. Those that eat pond gunk develop as ordinary tadpoles. Those that eat fairy shrimp grow larger, develop bulging jaw muscles and turn cannibalistic. The extra protein helps them develop fast before the pond dries up. That capacity, the ability of an organism to change its traits in response to its environment within a sing…
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Former Royster fellow links plasticity and persistence | UNC-Chapel Hill
In the temporary ponds of the desert Southwest, the same spadefoot toad tadpole can become one of two very different animals. Those that eat pond gunk develop as ordinary tadpoles. Those that eat fairy shrimp grow larger, develop bulging jaw muscles and turn cannibalistic. The extra protein helps them develop fast before the pond dries up. That capacity, the ability of an organism to change its traits in response to its environment within a sing…
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