Interspecific sexual attraction because of convergence in warning colouration: Is there a conflict between natural and sexual selection in mimetic species?

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 749-760

  Estrada, C ^a,b   Jiggins, C D ^a,c  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colour pattern; Heliconius; Mimicry; Signalling confusion

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; COLOR MORPH; COURTSHIP; EVOLUTION; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; MATE RECOGNITION; MIMICRY; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNALING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; COLOR; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GENETIC SELECTION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; COLOR; FEMALE; MALE; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WING;

HELICONIUS; HELICONIUS ERATO; HELICONIUS MELPOMENE;

EID: 42049121903     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2008.01517.x     Document Type: Article

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