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Biological Mimicry

Known as: Batesian Mimicries, Batesian Mimicry, Mimicry, Biological 
Resemblance in appearance, structure, function, sound, scent or behavior between related or unrelated species, occurring in the same geographic… 
National Institutes of Health

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2011
2011
Honest Signaling and the Uses of Prey Coloration
Although signal reliability is of fundamental importance to the understanding of animal communication, the extent of signal… 
2001
2001
Frequency-dependent Batesian mimicry: Predators avoid look-alikes of venomous snakes only when the real thing is around
1998
1998
Predator discrimination error and the benefits of Müllerian mimicry
Mullerian mimicry has traditionally been thought to benefit both unpalatable mimic and model species but recently its existence… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Jamming bat echolocation: the dogbane tiger moth Cycnia tenera times its clicks to the terminal attack calls of the big brown bat Eptesicus fuscus.
Certain tiger moths emit high-frequency clicks to an attacking bat, causing it to break off its pursuit. The sounds may either… 
1990
1990
Evolutionary pathways to aposematism
1989
1989
Aposematism and bioluminescence
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Theoretical genetics of Batesian mimicry I. single-locus models.
1975
1975
Calculated risk-taking by predators as a factor in Batesian mimicry
A simulation model is constructed from a set of disc equations (Holling 1959b) incorporating a probability term which represents… 
1971
1971
The degree of mimetic protection gained by new partial mimics
THE study of Batesian Mimicry has contributed considerably to our understanding of natural selection and the nature of the… 
Highly Cited
1960
Highly Cited
1960
The evolution of dominance under disruptive selection
IN a paper on the effects of disruptive selection, Mather (1955) pointed out that if there are two optimum values for a character… 
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