Imperfect mimicry and the limits of natural selection

Quarterly Review of Biology

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 297-315

  Kikuchi, David W ^a   Pfennig, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Batesian mimicry; Cognition; Complexity; M llerian mimicry; Signal detection

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; PHENOTYPE; VISION;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION, GENETIC; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84889663803     PISSN: 00335770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/673758     Document Type: Article

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