Batesian Mimicry: Can a Leopard Change Its Spots - and Get Them Back?

Current Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Joron, Mathieu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BUTTERFLY; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; PIGMENTATION; SHORT SURVEY; SNAKE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; PIGMENTATION; SELECTION, GENETIC; SNAKES;

FELIDAE; PANTHERA PARDUS;

EID: 44349143337     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.04.009     Document Type: Short Survey

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