Evolution of suicidal signals

Mike Speed () and Graeme D. Ruxton ()
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Mike Speed: Liverpool Hope
Graeme D. Ruxton: Graham Kerr Building, University of Glasgow

Nature, 2002, vol. 416, issue 6879, 375-375

Abstract: To deter predators, some organisms have evolved protective mechanisms and warning colorations. Innovative mathematical modelling shows how the first animals with these signals might have managed to survive.

Date: 2002
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