Recurrent Evolution of Adhesive Defense Systems in Amphibians by Parallel Shifts in Gene Expression

September 2, 2024

To date, research on defense mechanisms has largely focused on molecules that function as toxins, but recently Zaman et al. (2024) have focused on a much more obscure (and far less understood) defense mechanism: glue. When attacked by a predator, a small number of frog and salamander species…