Frequency-dependent variation in mimetic fidelity in an intraspecific mimicry system

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1721, 2011, Pages 3116-3122

  Iserbyt, Arne ^a   Bots, Jessica ^a   van Dongen, Stefan ^a   Ting, Janice J ^b,c   van Gossum, Hans ^a   Sherratt, Thomas N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Batesian mimicry; Female polymorphism; Frequency dependent selection; Sexual conflict; Signal detection theory

Indexed keywords

DAMSELFLY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; MIMICRY; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POLYMORPHISM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SIGNAL;

ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 80052779320     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.0126     Document Type: Article

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