Optimal-foraging predator favors commensalistic Batesian mimicry. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2008 BACKGROUND:Mimicry, in which one prey species (the Mimic) imitates the aposematic signals of another prey (the Model) to deceive their predators, has attracted the general interest of evolutionary biologists.
Atsushi Honma +2 more
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Hypotheses for the Adaptive Maintenance of Phenotypic Polymorphisms. [PDF]
Ecol EvolPhenotypic polymorphisms offer easily observable diversity ideal for empirical and theoretical exploration, but developing and comparing hypotheses for the adaptive maintenance of polymorphism can be a challenge. Here, we propose a framework categorizing polymorphisms based on (i) one of five distinct types of maintenance selection and (ii) the context
Falk JJ, Webster MS, Rubenstein DR.
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Evolutionary arms race in ant-ant mimicry: Camponotus lateralis lags behind in mimicking color patterns and sizes of regional Crematogaster models [PDF]
Scientific ReportsOver a century ago, biologists proposed the Mediterranean ant Camponotus lateralis mimicked the coloration of the common and unpalatable ant Crematogaster scutellaris. A more recent hypothesis suggested that Ca.
Felix Kraker, Herbert C. Wagner
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Müllerian and Batesian mimicry out, Darwinian and Wallacian mimicry in, for rewarding/rewardless flowers [PDF]
Plant Signaling and Behavior, 2018 Lev-Yadun S.
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Batesian-Müllerian mimicry ring around the Oriental hornet (Vespa orientalis) [PDF]
Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 2022 Mimicry is usually understood to be an adaptive resemblance between phylogenetically distant groups of species. In this study, we focus on Batesian and Müllerian mimicry, which are often viewed as a continuum rather than distinct phenomena, forming so ...
Antonín Hlaváček +4 more
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Frequency dependence shapes the adaptive landscape of imperfect Batesian mimicry [PDF]
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2018 Susan D Finkbeiner +2 more
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Identification of doublesex alleles associated with the female-limited Batesian mimicry polymorphism in Papilio memnon [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2016 Shinya Komata +2 more
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The status of supergenes in the 21st century: recombination suppression in Batesian mimicry and sex chromosomes and other complex adaptations [PDF]
Evolutionary Applications, 2016 Deborah Charlesworth
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Ecological and evolutionary processes drive the origin and maintenance of imperfect mimicry. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Although the forces behind the evolution of imperfect mimicry remain poorly studied, recent hypotheses suggest that relaxed selection on small-bodied individuals leads to imperfect mimicry.
Joseph S Wilson +3 more
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Aggressive use of Batesian mimicry by an ant-like jumping spider [PDF]
Biology Letters, 2009 Ximena J Nelson, Robert R Jackson
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