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Evasive mimicry: when (if ever) could mimicry based on difficulty of capture evolve?

Proceedings. Biological sciences - 22 Oct 2004

Ruxton G D, Speed M, Sherratt T N

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We elucidate the conditions under which an easy-to-catch edible prey species may evolve to resemble another edible species that is much more difficult to capture ('evasive Batesian mimicry'), and the conditions under which two or more edible but hard-to-catch species evolve a common resemblance (...

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PMID: 15475333
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2816
PMCID: PMC1691841

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