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Coral snakes predict the evolution of mimicry across New World snakes.

Nature communications - 5 May 2016

Davis Rabosky Alison R, Cox Christian L, Rabosky Daniel L, Title Pascal O, Holmes Iris A, Feldman Anat, McGuire Jimmy A

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Batesian mimicry, in which harmless species (mimics) deter predators by deceitfully imitating the warning signals of noxious species (models), generates striking cases of phenotypic convergence that are classic examples of evolution by natural selection. However, mimicry of venomous coral snakes has remained controversial because of unresolved conflict between the predictions of mimicry theory and empirical...

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PMID: 27146100
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11484
PMCID: PMC4858746

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