The coming and going of Batesian mimicry in a Holarctic butterfly clade
<p>Abstract</p> <p>A study using phylogenetic hypothesis testing, published in <it>BMC Evolutionary Biology</it>, suggests that non-mimetic forms of the North American white admiral butterfly evolved from a mimetic ancestor. This case might provide one of the first exam...
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| description | <p>Abstract</p> <p>A study using phylogenetic hypothesis testing, published in <it>BMC Evolutionary Biology</it>, suggests that non-mimetic forms of the North American white admiral butterfly evolved from a mimetic ancestor. This case might provide one of the first examples in which mimicry was gained and then lost again, emphasizing the evolutionary lability of Batesian mimicry.</p> <p>See research article <url>http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/10/239</url></p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3b13da4cbc33469aa27ec1c8c28faf2e2022-12-22T00:27:51ZengBMCBMC Biology1741-70072010-09-018112210.1186/1741-7007-8-122The coming and going of Batesian mimicry in a Holarctic butterfly cladeFiedler Konrad<p>Abstract</p> <p>A study using phylogenetic hypothesis testing, published in <it>BMC Evolutionary Biology</it>, suggests that non-mimetic forms of the North American white admiral butterfly evolved from a mimetic ancestor. This case might provide one of the first examples in which mimicry was gained and then lost again, emphasizing the evolutionary lability of Batesian mimicry.</p> <p>See research article <url>http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/10/239</url></p>http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/8/122 |
| spellingShingle | Fiedler Konrad The coming and going of Batesian mimicry in a Holarctic butterfly clade BMC Biology |
| title | The coming and going of Batesian mimicry in a Holarctic butterfly clade |
| title_full | The coming and going of Batesian mimicry in a Holarctic butterfly clade |
| title_fullStr | The coming and going of Batesian mimicry in a Holarctic butterfly clade |
| title_full_unstemmed | The coming and going of Batesian mimicry in a Holarctic butterfly clade |
| title_short | The coming and going of Batesian mimicry in a Holarctic butterfly clade |
| title_sort | coming and going of batesian mimicry in a holarctic butterfly clade |
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