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Mechanisms of Color Production in a Highly Variable Shield-Back Stinkbug, Tectocoris diopthalmus (Heteroptera: Scutelleridae), and Why It Matters

Theory suggests that aposematism, specifically the learned avoidance of unprofitable prey via memorable color patterns, should result in selection for pattern uniformity. However, many examples to the contrary are seen in nature. Conversely, honest sexual signals are likely to exhibit greater variat...

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Autores principales: Fabricant, Scott A., Kemp, Darrell J., Krajíček, Jan, Bosáková, Zuzana, Herberstein, Marie E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3646777/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23675520
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0064082