Inaccurate mimicry and predator ecology
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Inaccurate mimicry and predator ecology.
Batesian mimicry, the resemblance of palatable organisms to an aversive model, is a well documented phenomenon in biology. Resemblance to the model, however, frequently seems to be inaccurate for unknown reasons (Edmunds, 2000). Recently, Johnstone (2002) modelled a scenario where kin selection can lead to the evolution of inaccurate mimics. The model assumes that if mimics are relatively frequ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Theoretical Biology
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0022-5193
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2004.04.030