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Cognitive dimensions of predator responses to imperfect mimicry? [PDF]
, 2007 Many palatable insects, for example hoverflies, deter predators by mimicking well-defended insects such as wasps. However, for human observers, these flies often seem to be little better than caricatures of wasps – their visual appearance and ...
Lars Chittka +38 more
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The European Zoological Journal, 2022 A stunning scarlet-coloured clearwing moth was found mud-puddling on a rainforest river bank in Malaysia and is described herein as a new genus and species, Scarlata nirvana gen. et sp. Nov..
Marta Skowron Volponi
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Human mimicry and Imitation: the case of Biomimetics
Aisthesis, 2017 Defining biomimetics (§ 1) as the imitation of models, systems and elements of nature for the purpose to solve human complex problems, the essay considers (§ 2) some examples of that activity, like display technologies, and nanoscientific innovations ...
Andrea Borsari
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Ecology and Evolution, 2020 Many chemically defended aposematic species are characterized by relatively low toxin levels, which enables predators to include them in their diets under certain circumstances.
Jan M. Kaczmarek +3 more
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Rat models of autoimmune uveitis [PDF]
, 2008 Experimental autoimmune uveitis ( EAU) in Lewis rats is a well-established model for human uveitis. During the last years we used this model to demonstrate extraocular induction of uveitis by antigenic mimicry of environmental antigens with retinal ...
Diedrichs-Moehring, Maria +2 more
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Infectious diseases and autoimmunity [PDF]
, 2011 Introduction: Autoimmunity occurs when the immune system recognizes and attacks host tissue. In addition to genetic factors, environmental triggers (in particular viruses, bacteria and other infectious pathogens) are thought to play a major role in the ...
Deidda, Silvia +3 more
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FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) infects the human intestinal epithelium, resulting in severe illness and diarrhoea. In this study, we compared the infection of cancer‐derived cell lines with human organoid‐derived models of the small intestine. We observed a delayed in attachment, inflammation and cell death on primary cells, indicating that host ...
Mastura Neyazi +5 more
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Decoding the invisible forces of social connections
Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, 2012 By its 20th anniversary, social neuroscience has witnessed an incredible rise in the number of studies demonstrating the effects of perceived social isolation (e.g., loneliness, ostracism), and inversely, the beneficial effects of social bonding (e.g ...
Stephanie eCacioppo, John T. Cacioppo
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Eyespot configuration and predator approach direction affect the antipredator efficacy of eyespots
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Many prey species possess eyespots: paired markings that often consist of two or more concentric circles. Predators are wary of such prey because eyespots are conspicuous and/or mistaken for vertebrate eyes.
John Skelhorn +2 more
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The Nature of Scientific Proof in the Age of Simulations
, 2014 Is numerical mimicry a third way of establishing truth?Comment: Published in American Scientist: Volume 102, Number 3, Pages 174 to 177 (http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/2014/3/the-nature-of-scientific-proof-in-the-age-of ...
Heng, Kevin
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