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Ecological significance of dorsal polymorphism in a Batesian mimic snake

Batesian mimicry is the process in which harmless species adopt the appearance of a dangerous, aposematic species. In some prey species, both Batesian mimetic and non-Batesian morphs coexist, presupposing that both morphs have to be evolutionarily advantageous. The viperine snake, Natrix maura, exhi...

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Autores principales: Santos, Xavier, Azor, Jairo S, Cortés, Sergio, Rodríguez, Elisa, Larios, José, Pleguezuelos, Juan M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6280101/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30538734
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cz/zox058