Divergent natural selection and müllerian mimicry in polymorphic heliconius cydno (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)
Natural selection favours bright colours or bold patterns that advertise unpalatability. In a noxious polymorphic species frequency-dependent selection should lead to fixation of the common morph, because rare morphs suffer relatively higher attack rates by naive predators. This generally leads t...
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| Language: | English |
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2009
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/8665 |
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