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SUBMITTER: Finkbeiner SD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5904311 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Finkbeiner Susan D SD Salazar Patricio A PA Nogales Sofía S Rush Cassidi E CE Briscoe Adriana D AD Hill Ryan I RI Kronforst Marcus R MR Willmott Keith R KR Mullen Sean P SP
Proceedings. Biological sciences 20180401 1876
Despite more than a century of biological research on the evolution and maintenance of mimetic signals, the relative frequencies of models and mimics necessary to establish and maintain Batesian mimicry in natural populations remain understudied. Here we investigate the frequency-dependent dynamics of imperfect Batesian mimicry, using predation experiments involving artificial butterfly models. We use two geographically distinct populations of <i>Adelpha</i> butterflies that vary in their relati ...[more]