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Predator Mimicry: Metalmark Moths Mimic Their Jumping Spider Predators
Cases of mimicry provide many of the nature's most convincing examples of natural selection. Here we report evidence for a case of predator mimicry in which metalmark moths in the genus Brenthia mimic jumping spiders, one of their predators. In controlled trials, Brenthia had higher survival ra...
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| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2006
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1762363/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17183674 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000045 |