Imprinting Behaviors in Animals Could Lead to Formation of New Species (IMAGE)

University of Pittsburgh

Imprinting Behaviors in Animals Could Lead to Formation of New Species

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A strawberry poison frog, color morph blue, is photographed climbing a tree in the Aguacate region of Bocas Del Toro, Panama. These types of frogs' unique coloration will either attract mates of the same color or encourage fights between males of the same color, according to a study published by Yusan Yang, a graduate student in the Richards Zawacki Lab in the Department of Biological Sciences, and associate professor and lab director Corrine Richards-Zawacki. The findings indicate that, over time, the behavior could lead to two different color types becoming two different species.

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