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Coral snakes predict the evolution of mimicry across New World snakes

Batesian mimicry, in which harmless species (mimics) deter predators by deceitfully imitating the warning signals of noxious species (models), generates striking cases of phenotypic convergence that are classic examples of evolution by natural selection. However, mimicry of venomous coral snakes has...

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Autores principales: Davis Rabosky, Alison R., Cox, Christian L., Rabosky, Daniel L., Title, Pascal O., Holmes, Iris A., Feldman, Anat, McGuire, Jimmy A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4858746/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27146100
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11484