Wing Shape Variation Associated With Mimicry In Butterflies

Evolution

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2323-2334

  Jones, Robert T ^a   Poul, Yann Le ^a   Whibley, Annabel C ^a   Mérot, Claire ^a   ffrench Constant, Richard H ^b   Joron, Mathieu ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heliconius; Mimicry; Morphological evolution; Polymorphism; Wing shape

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BUTTERFLY; COEXISTENCE; COLOR; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHAPE ANALYSIS; WING;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; CLASSIFICATION; FORELIMB; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HELICONIUS; HISTOLOGY; MIMICRY; MORPHOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMORPHISM; WING SHAPE;

HELICONIUS; MIMICRY; MORPHOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; POLYMORPHISM; WING SHAPE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; GENETIC VARIATION; PHENOTYPE; WING;

EID: 84880327528     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12114     Document Type: Article

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