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What makes eyespots intimidating–the importance of pairedness

BACKGROUND: Many butterflies possess striking structures called eyespots on their wings, and several studies have sought to understand the selective forces that have shaped their evolution. Work over the last decade has shown that a major function of eyespots is their ability to reduce predation by...

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Autores principales: Mukherjee, Ritwika, Kodandaramaiah, Ullasa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4374370/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25880640
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-015-0307-3