Conservative coevolution of müllerian mimicry in a group of rift lake catfish

Evolution

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 395-407

  Wright, Jeremy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Coevolution; Morphological evolution; Phylogenetics; Predation; Selection natural

Indexed keywords

VENOM;

APOSEMATISM; COEVOLUTION; DIVERGENCE; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; MIMICRY; MORPHOLOGY; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPE; PREDATION; TELEOST;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATFISH; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CONDITIONING; EVOLUTION; FOOD CHAIN; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CATFISHES; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); FOOD CHAIN; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTATION; VENOMS;

SYNODONTIS;

EID: 78650980397     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.01149.x     Document Type: Article

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