Passive a active defensnde in toads : the parotoid macroglands in Rhinella marina and Rhaebo guttatus
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Agradecimentos: We thank Andria P.S. Silva, Beatriz Maurício, José P. Prezotto Neto, Louise F. Kimura, Rafael S. Ferro, Simone G.S. Jared, Tiago P. Vasconcelos and Vanessa A. Mendes for technical support. We also thank the financial support from CAPES, FAPESP, CNPq, and
Amphibians have many skin poison glands used in passive defense, in which the aggressor causes its own poisoning when biting prey. In some amphibians the skin glands accumulate in certain regions forming macroglands, such as the parotoids of toads. We hav
CONSELHO NACIONAL DE DESENVOLVIMENTO CIENTÍFICO E TECNOLÓGICO - CNPQ
FUNDAÇÃO DE AMPARO À PESQUISA DO ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO - FAPESP
COORDENAÇÃO DE APERFEIÇOAMENTO DE PESSOAL DE NÍVEL SUPERIOR - CAPES
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Passive a active defensnde in toads : the parotoid macroglands in Rhinella marina and Rhaebo guttatus
Passive a active defensnde in toads : the parotoid macroglands in Rhinella marina and Rhaebo guttatus
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Journal of experimental zoology. part A: ecological genetics and physiology Vol. 321, no. 2 (Feb., 2014), p. 65-77 |