Tag Archives: mimicry

How butterflies match their wings

Posted on 27 Jan, 2021 by Jeremy Yoder

The following is a guest post by Ornob Alam, a graduate student in Michael Purugganan’s lab at New York University. Ornob’s PhD projects examine the demographic and evolutionary history of domesticated Asian rice in the context of past climate change … Continue reading →

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New World snakes are "mimics until proven otherwise"

Posted on 6 Jun, 2016 by Rob Denton

Henry Walter Bates spent more than a decade living in the Amazon, having the sort of adventures that inspired generations of naturalists. His most famous and lasting contributions to natural history are his foundational descriptions of mimicry among species. The type … Continue reading →

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How to build a mimic

Posted on 4 Feb, 2016 by Rob Denton

The history of evolutionary and ecological studies on mimic species is deep and chock-full of familiar names (Bates, Darwin, Muller, Wallace are just a few). There has also been no limit on the number of jaw-droppingly gorgeous species that have been under … Continue reading →

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