BMC Biology, 2020 Background Heliconius butterflies are widely distributed across the Neotropics and have evolved a stunning array of wing color patterns that mediate Müllerian mimicry and mating behavior.
Darli Massardo +10 more
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Characterisation and expression of microRNAs in developing wings of the neotropical butterfly Heliconius melpomene [PDF]
, 2011 Background Heliconius butterflies are an excellent system for studies of adaptive convergent and divergent phenotypic traits. Wing colour patterns are used as signals to both predators and potential mates and are inherited in a Mendelian manner.
Dalmay, T. +7 more
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FIGO committee opinion: Environmental drivers of gynecologic and reproductive health
International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, Volume 171, Issue 3, Page 1008-1021, December 2025.Abstract This FIGO committee opinion paper addresses the growing body of evidence linking environmental exposures to common gynecologic and reproductive conditions across the life course. From adolescence through menopause, women are exposed to a wide range of environmental toxicants, including endocrine‐disrupting chemicals, air pollutants, heavy ...
Nathaniel DeNicola +9 more
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Colors and Some Morphological Traits as Defensive Mechanisms in Anurans
International Journal of Zoology, 2009 Anurans may be brightly colored or completely cryptic. Generally, in the former situation, we are dealing with aposematism, and the latter is an example of camouflage.
Luís Felipe Toledo, Célio F. B. Haddad
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Comparative anatomy of elaiophores and oil secretion in the genus Gomesa (Orchidaceae) [PDF]
, 2013 Oils are atypical floral rewards in Orchidaceae, and are produced by epidermal glands called elaiophores. Flowers of many members of the sub-tribe Oncidiinae either produce oil or mimic oil-producing flowers of Malpighiaceae.
Aliscioni, Sandra Silvina +2 more
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Extensive range overlap between heliconiine sister species: evidence for sympatric speciation in butterflies? [PDF]
, 2015 BACKGROUND: Sympatric speciation is today generally viewed as plausible, and some well-supported examples exist, but its relative contribution to biodiversity remains to be established. We here quantify geographic overlap of sister species of heliconiine
Kozak, Krzysztof M +3 more
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Geographic variation of melanisation patterns in a hornet species: genetic differences, climatic pressures or aposematic constraints? [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Coloration of stinging insects is often based on contrasted patterns of light and black pigmentations as a warning signal to predators. However, in many social wasp species, geographic variation drastically modifies this signal through melanic ...
Adrien Perrard +11 more
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The Environmental Plasticity of Diverse Body Color Caused by Extremely Long Photoperiods and High Temperature in Saccharosydne procerus (Homoptera: Delphacidae) [PDF]
, 2016 Melanization reflects not only body color variation but also environmental plasticity. It is a strategy that helps insects adapt to environmental change.
Haichen Yin +4 more
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Quantifying the success of prey crypsis, aposematism, and evasiveness in avoiding predator attack
Ecology, Volume 106, Issue 11, November 2025.Abstract Antipredator defenses typically act at distinct stages of the predation sequence—encounter, identification, approach, and subjugation. However, their effectiveness has rarely been quantified and compared simultaneously in wild predator–prey systems.
Daniel Linke +7 more
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Competition and the evolution of imperfect mimicry
Current Zoology, 2012 Mimicry is widely used to exemplify natural selection’s power in promoting adaptation. Nonetheless, it has become increasingly clear that mimicry is frequently imprecise.
David W. PFENNIG, David W. KIKUCHI
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