Gradual and contingent evolutionary emergence of leaf mimicry in butterfly wing patterns

BACKGROUND: Special resemblance of animals to natural objects such as leaves provides a representative example of evolutionary adaptation. The existence of such sophisticated features challenges our understanding of how complex adaptive phenotypes evolved. Leaf mimicry typically consists of several...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Suzuki, Takao K, Tomita, Shuichiro, Sezutsu, Hideki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4261531/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25421067
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-014-0229-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4261531/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25421067
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-014-0229-5

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