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SUBMITTER: Wilson JS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3625143 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wilson Joseph S JS Jahner Joshua P JP Williams Kevin A KA Forister Matthew L ML
PloS one 20130412 4
Although the forces behind the evolution of imperfect mimicry remain poorly studied, recent hypotheses suggest that relaxed selection on small-bodied individuals leads to imperfect mimicry. While evolutionary history undoubtedly affects the development of imperfect mimicry, ecological community context has largely been ignored and may be an important driver of imperfect mimicry. Here we investigate how evolutionary and ecological contexts might influence mimetic fidelity in Müllerian and Batesia ...[more]