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Richard M Merrill1, Chris D Jiggins

  • 1Department of Zoology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, UK.

Current Biology : CB
|August 27, 2009
PubMed

Abstract:

Color pattern mimicry has long been held up as a powerful example of natural selection. A recent study supports the theory by describing Müllerian mimicry rings in Appalachian millipedes that are analogous to those observed in tropical butterflies.

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