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Biased predation could promote convergence yet maintain diversity within Müllerian mimicry rings of Oreina leaf beetles [PDF]
, 2020 Müllerian mimicry is a classic example of adaptation, yet Müller’s original theory does not account for the diversity often observed in mimicry rings. Here, we aimed to assess how well classical Müllerian mimicry can account for the color polymorphism ...
Johanna Mappes +12 more
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Phenotypic and Genetic Divergence among Poison Frog Populations in a Mimetic Radiation. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 The evolution of Müllerian mimicry is, paradoxically, associated with high levels of diversity in color and pattern. In a mimetic radiation, different populations of a species evolve to resemble different models, which can lead to speciation.
Evan Twomey +5 more
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Royal Society Open Science, 2023 Predation is expected to promote uniformity in the warning coloration of defended prey, but also mimicry convergence between aposematic species. Despite selection constraining both colour-pattern and population divergence, many aposematic animals display
Ugo Lorioux-Chevalier +4 more
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Signal categorization by foraging animals depends on ecological diversity
eLife, 2019 Warning signals displayed by defended prey are mimicked by both mutualistic (Müllerian) and parasitic (Batesian) species. Yet mimicry is often imperfect: why does selection not improve mimicry?
David William Kikuchi +3 more
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Neotropical Ichthyology, 2022 An expedition crowdfunded by aquarists to a region of the Brazilian state of Pará drained by the Tapajós and Xingu river basins resulted in the capture of five species of Corydoras from the rio Jamanxim basin, a tributary to the rio Tapajós, of which ...
Luiz Fernando Caserta Tencatt +3 more
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A revision of the minor species group in the millipede genus Nannaria Chamberlin, 1918 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Xystodesmidae) [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2021 Millipedes in the family Xystodesmidae (Polydesmida) are often referred to as “colorful, flat-backed millipedes” for their bright aposematic coloration and tendency to form Müllerian mimicry rings in the Appalachian region.
Jackson C. Means +2 more
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Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2004 The phylogenetic relationships of twelve species of Chauliognathus were investigated by studying the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I gene. A 678 bp fragment of the COI gene was sequenced to test the hypothesis that the Müllerian mimicry species of the
Vilmar Machado +3 more
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Trait Variation in Moths Mirrors Small-Scaled Ecological Gradients in A Tropical Forest Landscape
Insects, 2020 Along environmental gradients, communities are expected to be filtered from the regional species pool by physical constraints, resource availability, and biotic interactions. This should be reflected in species trait composition.
Dominik Rabl +3 more
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, 2023 Poison frogs are characterized by bright coloration, striking patterns, and toxicity\; they have thus become a classic example of aposematism. Ranitomeya imitator mimics three congeneric model species (R. fantastica, R.
Stuckert, Adam +1 more
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A hypothesis to explain accuracy of wasp resemblances
Ecology and Evolution, 2017 Mimicry is one of the oldest concepts in biology, but it still presents many puzzles and continues to be widely debated. Simulation of wasps with a yellow‐black abdominal pattern by other insects (commonly called “wasp mimicry”) is traditionally ...
Michael Boppré +2 more
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