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SUMMARY:Feeding toxins and slime: Integrating behavioral and chemical ecol
 ogy of poison frogs - Jennifer Stynoski\, University of Costa Rica
DTSTART:20251008T120000Z
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CONTACT:Dr Adria LeBoeuf
DESCRIPTION:Due to their striking diversity of coloration and alkaloid tox
 ins\, the dendrobatoid poison frogs of Neotropical rainforests have streng
 thened our understanding of the evolutionary ecology of chemical defenses 
 and aposematism. Separately\, they also serve as a model clade for the evo
 lution of diverse forms of parental care\, from tadpole transport to egg p
 rovisioning. However\, we are only beginning to learn about the ways in wh
 ich chemical defenses and behavior intersect to protect frogs and their of
 fspring from predators and pathogens. This talk will offer a three-part st
 ory about (1) the integration of behavior\, color\, and toxins in five sym
 patric poison frog species in a Costa Rican rainforest\, (2) the maternall
 y provisioned chemical defenses of an obligatorily oophagous poison frog s
 pecies\, and (3) the discovery of secretory feeding (thanks to Netflix!) w
 ith ongoing collaborative work to characterize proteomic and microbiome pr
 ofiles of maternal mucus.
LOCATION:Part II Lecture Theatre\, Department of Zoology\, Downing Street\
 , Cambridge CB2 3EJ
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