Non-Adaptive Phenotypic Evolution of the Endangered Carnivore Lycaon pictus

Decline in wild populations as a result of anthropogenic impact is widely considered to have evolutionary consequences for the species concerned. Here we examine changes in developmental stability in the painted hunting dog (Lycaon pictus), which once occupied most of sub-Saharan Africa but has unde...

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Main Authors: Edwards, Charles T. T., Rasmussen, Gregory S. A., Riordan, Philip, Courchamp, Franck, Macdonald, David W.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3781135/