1) A mathematical model for Müllerian mimicry is derived based upon the previously proposed model for Batesian mimicry. The biological implications of the model are discussed, the most important of ...

Some people -- and animals -- will go to any lengths to attract members of the opposite sex, including the use of aliases and lies. As many as 10,000 species of dainty orchids in the floral world also ...

Twig mimicry is most common and diversified in Phasmatodea (stick and leaf insects), a group of iconic models for understanding the evolution of camouflage and mimicry among insects. Extant stick and ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Batesian mimics are predicted to lose their fitness advantage not only in the absence of an unpalatable model, but also when the mimic becomes ...

Researchers identified genomic elements that regulate the expression of optix, a gene that controls the red mimicry-related color patterns in Heliconius butterflies, and that appear to have evolved in ...