Seeing Through the Mimicry of Papilio bootes by Combining Computer‐Aided and Human Eyesight Morphological Comparisons [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionThe Tailed Redbreast Papilio bootes exhibits a tendency for specific mimicry of sympatric Byasa species across its distribution range, but this phenomenon has not yet been quantitatively analysed.
Yuan‐Rui‐Xue Xie +6 more
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Extensive Field Observations Throw Light on the Evolution of Mimicry in Camponotus lateralis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionThe Mediterranean ant‐ant association between Camponotus lateralis and Crematogaster scutellaris has fascinated naturalists for long, with a focus on documenting the attraction of Ca. lateralis workers to Cr. scutellaris trails.
Herbert C. Wagner +3 more
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The “Chameleon Ant” Colobopsis imitans Adapts Its Mimetic Appearance to Local Model Species Across the Mediterranean Basin (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionMimicry, where an organism (the mimic) convergently evolves traits resembling another (the model), is one of the most compelling phenomena in evolutionary biology.
Herbert C. Wagner, Sándor Csősz
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Body size in Batesian mimicry [PDF]
Evolutionary Ecology, 2022 AbstractA variety of traits is available for predators to distinguish unpalatable prey from palatable Batesian mimics. Among them, body size has received little attention as a possible mimetic trait. Size should influence predator behaviour if it shows variation between models and mimics, is detectable by the predator in question, and is not ...
Christopher H. Taylor
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Batesian mimicry has evolved with deleterious effects of the pleiotropic gene doublesex [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2020 Dimorphic female-limited Batesian mimicry in the swallowtail butterfly Papilio polytes is regulated by the supergene locus H, harbouring the mimetic (H) and non-mimetic (h) doublesex (dsx) gene. In the present study, we demonstrated that dsx-H negatively
Shinya Komata +2 more
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Batesian mimicry promotes pre- and postmating isolation in a snake mimicry complex [PDF]
Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution, 2015 We evaluated whether Batesian mimicry promotes early-stage reproductive isolation. Many Batesian mimics occur not only in sympatry with their model (as expected), but also in allopatry. As a consequence of local adaptation within both sympatry (where mimetic traits are favored) and allopatry (where nonmimetic traits are favored), divergent, predator ...
David W Pfennig, David W Kikuchi
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Evidence for Batesian mimicry in a polymorphic hoverfly [PDF]
Evolution, 2014 Palatable Batesian mimics are avoided by predators because they resemble noxious or defended species. The striking resemblance of many hoverflies to noxious Hymenoptera is a “textbook” example of Batesian mimicry, but evidence that selection by predators
Reader, Tom
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Do crab spiders perceive Batesian mimicry in hoverflies? [PDF]
, 2016 Many putative Batesian mimics only approximately resemble their supposed models, and such “imperfect” mimics are readily distinguished from defended species by humans and other vertebrates.
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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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Frequency-dependent Batesian mimicry maintains colour polymorphism in a sea snake population [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 Evolutionary theory suggests that polymorphic traits can be maintained within a single population only under specific conditions, such as negative frequency-dependent selection or heterozygote advantage.
Richard Shine +2 more
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