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A role for phenotypic plasticity in the evolution of aposematism.

Proceedings. Biological sciences - 22 Aug 2002

Sword Gregory A

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The evolution of warning coloration (aposematism) has been difficult to explain because rare conspicuous mutants should suffer a higher cost of discovery by predators relative to the cryptic majority, while at frequencies too low to facilitate predator aversion learning. Traditional models for the evolution of aposematism have assumed conspicuous prey phenotypes to be genetically determined and constitutive. By...

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PMID: 12204123
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2060
PMCID: PMC1691082

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