To mimicry and back again

David W. Pfennig ()
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David W. Pfennig: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA.

Nature, 2016, vol. 534, issue 7606, 184-185

Abstract: Deadly coral snakes warn predators through striking red-black banding. New data confirm that many harmless snakes have evolved to resemble coral snakes, and suggest that the evolution of this Batesian mimicry is not always a one-way street.

Date: 2016
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