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The perfection of mimicry: an information approach.
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences - 5 Jul 2017
Sherratt Thomas N, Peet-Paré Casey A
Abstract excerpt
We consider why imperfect deceptive mimics can persist when it appears to be in the predator's interest to discriminate finely between mimics and their models. One theory is that a receiver will accept being duped if the model and mimic overlap in appearance and the relative costs of attacking the model are high. However, a more fundamental explanation for the difficulty of discrimination is not based on...
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