The ghost of mimicry past: Laboratory reconstitution of an extinct butterfly 'race'

Heredity

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 628-635

  Linares, Mauricio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Butterfly mimicry; Heliconius microevolution; Mimicry evolution; Mullerian mimicry; Population genetics; Rapid microevolution

Indexed keywords

ELZUNIA; ELZUNIA HUMBOLDT; HELICONIUS; HELICONIUS CYDNO; HELICONIUS ERATO CHESTERTONII; PAPILIONOIDEA; ELZUNIA HUMBOLDT REGALIS; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE;

BUTTERFLY MIMICRY; EVOLUTION; MICROEVOLUTION; MIMICRY; POPULATION GENETICS;

EID: 0030613395     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.1997.102     Document Type: Article

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