Müllerian mimicry: An examination of Fisher's theory of gradual evolutionary change

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 272, Issue 1578, 2005, Pages 2269-2275

  Balogh, Alexandra C V ^a   Leimar, Olof ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Advergence; Coevolution; M llerian mimicry; Predator spectrum; Two step hypothesis

Indexed keywords

COEVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; MIMICRY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ARTICLE; COEVOLUTION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR; PREY SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES;

EID: 27244439428     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3227     Document Type: Article

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