Warning signals are under positive frequencydependent selection in nature

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 2164-2169

  Chouteau, Mathieu ^a,b   Arias, Mónica ^b   Joron, Mathieu ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD COMMUNITY; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; COLOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FREQUENCY; FREQUENCY DEPENDENT SELECTION; HELICONIUS NUMATA; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MELINAEA; NATURAL SCIENCE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COMMUNITY; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFYING SELECTION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MIMICRY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; FOOD CHAIN; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOLOGICAL MIMICRY; BUTTERFLIES; FOOD CHAIN; GENETIC FITNESS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84959422726     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1519216113     Document Type: Article

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