Response to comment on 'Parasite defensive limb movements enhance acoustic signal attraction in male little torrent frogs'.
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 37812200.
- Also identified by DOI 10.7554/eLife.90404 and PMC identifier 10561973.
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Abstract
Recently we showed that limb movements associated with anti-parasite defenses can enhance acoustic signal attraction in male little torrent frogs (<i>Amolops torrentis</i>), which suggests a potential pathway for physical movements to become co-opted into mating displays (Zhao et al., 2022). Anderson et al. argue for alternative explanations of our results and provide a reanalysis of part of our data (Anderson et al., 2023). We acknowledge some of the points raised and provide an additional analysis in support of our hypothesis.
Medical subject headings
- Parasites