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Variation in Habitat Use by Females with Different Back Patterns

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Jonathan Losos

In many species of anoles, females within a population exhibit sometimes strikingly different back patterns. A recent paper showed that there is interesting variation in the incidence of such variation: mainland and Lesser Antillean anoles exhibit it much more than … Continue reading →

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The Evolution of Female Pattern Polymorphism

Posted on September 17, 2011 by Jonathan Losos

In many species of anoles, females vary in their back patterning, some gaudily adorned with saddles, diamonds, or crosses, others sporting simple lines and speckles, some sad lasses with no markings at all. Although such female pattern polymorphism has long … Continue reading →

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