The ecology and evolution of autotomy

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The ecology and evolution of autotomy

Autotomy, the self-induced loss of a body part, occurs throughout Animalia. A lizard dropping its tail to escape predation is an iconic example, however, autotomy occurs in a diversity of other organisms. Octopuses can release their arms, crabs can drop their claws, and bugs can amputate their legs....

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Main Authors:	Emberts, Z., Escalante, I., Bateman, Bill
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	WILEY 2019
Subjects:	Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Biology Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics animals anti-predatory trait appendage loss autotomy phenotype interspecific comparisons limb loss predation prey regeneration tail loss POSTAUTOTOMY TAIL MOVEMENT REDUCES MATING SUCCESS IBERIAN ROCK-LIZARD LEG AUTOTOMY LIMB AUTOTOMY ANTIPREDATOR BEHAVIOR CAUDAL-AUTOTOMY CANCER-PAGURUS FUNCTIONAL-MORPHOLOGY LOCOMOTOR PERFORMANCE
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/87421

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