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Concept/Content kin recognition / 3 morphotypes of side-blotched lizards (Uta stansburgiana)
Information caption A system for detecting kin indirectly may be based on similar traits. Side-blotched lizards in California (Uta stansburgiana) have three throat colors: orange, yellow and blue. side-blotched lizard morphotypes They establish mutually favorable territories based on the throat visual cues, even when unrelated individuals are mixed. Here, the trait seems to signal genetic similarity, functioning as a substitute for actual genetic relatedness (Sinervo and Clobert 2003). Accordingly, there is a slight displacement between kin and the cue for detecting it: kin selection inevitably involves some probability.
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Source From Sinervo and Clobert (2003). Reproduced with permission from AAAS.
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