Much more than a clasp: Evolutionary pattern of amplexus diversity in anurans
J. D. Carvajal-Castro, Y. Lopez-Aguirre, A. M. Ospina-L, J. C. Santos, B. Rojas, F. Vargas-Salinas
The paper reconstructs the evolutionary history of amplexus in anurans, finding 35 transitions and high phylogenetic conservation, with no link to sexual size dimorphism.
bioRxiv · Nov 26, 2019Evolutionary Biology