The Biology and Systematics of Southeast Asian Voiceless    Frogs
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Sharon Emerson, at the University of Utah, proposes a                           multifaceted study of voiceless frogs in the genus Rana that                    occur in southeast Asia. Emerson's goal is to gain an                           understanding of the evolution of a suite of secondary sexual                   characters, associated with the frogs reproductive ecology and                  breeding behavior (voicelessness), that appears to have evolved                 on two separate occasions among four species in Borneo. To gain                 this understanding, Emerson proposes a systematic study of the                  southeast Asian Ranids based on morphological characters                        independent of the functional complex of secondary sexual                       features. Field studies will be conducted in Borneo to determine                the details of the breeding biology of the four species and to                  determine the functional significance of the secondary sexual                   characters. Assays of blood hormone levels will be made in these                species and in other species of Rana to determine the                           relationship between testosterone levels and the lack of vocal                  development. Emerson hypothesizes that the evolution of                         voicelessness may be mediated by the evolution of reduced                       testosterone levels.
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{'Code': '1127', 'Text': 'Evolutionary Processes'}
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