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Müllerian mimicry
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Müllerian mimicry [mi′ler·ē·ən ′mim·ə·krē]
(zoology)
Mimicry between two aposematic species.
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That means clicking works both as Mullerian mimicry (two unpalatable species benefiting by making similar sounds that predators can learn by catching either one) and Batesian mimicry (edible prey borrowing an "unpalatable" signal), says Barber.
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Brower of Oregon State University in Corvallis, who's studying Mullerian mimicry in butterflies, cautions that the pattern of ancestral coloring in the new family tree "is not superstrong evidence" for mimicry.
Poison birds copy `don't touch' feathers by Milius, S. / Science News
Indeed, Brower speculates, birds in Florida may discover that these micrating monarchs are safe to eat, thereby thwarting the mutually beneficial Mullerian mimicry between the viceroy and the monarch.
Butterflies and bad taste: rethinking a classic tale of mimicry by Walker, Tim / Science News
 
 
 
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