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Experimental field tests of Batesian mimicry in the swallowtail butterfly Papilio polytes

The swallowtail butterfly Papilio polytes is known for its striking resemblance in wing pattern to the toxic butterfly Pachliopta aristolochiae and is a focal system for the study of mimicry evolution. Papilio polytes females are polymorphic in wing pattern, with mimetic and nonmimetic forms, while...

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Autores principales: Palmer, Daniela H., Tan, Yue Qian, Finkbeiner, Susan D., Briscoe, Adriana D., Monteiro, Antónia, Kronforst, Marcus R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6106175/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30151179
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4207