Search
Results: 2
Condition dependence in biosynthesized chemical defenses of an aposematic and mimetic Heliconius butterfly.
Aposematic animals advertise their toxicity or unpalatability with bright warning coloration. However, acquiring and maintaining chemical defenses can be energetically costly, and consequent associations with other important...
Evolutionary and ecological processes influencing chemical defense variation in an aposematic and mimetic Heliconius butterfly.
Anniina LK Mattila, Chris D Jiggins, Øystein H Opedal, Gabriela Montejo-Kovacevich, Érika C Pinheiro de Castro, W Owen McMillan, Caroline Bacquet, Marjo Saastamoinen
Jul 26, 2021
Chemical defences against predators underlie the evolution of aposematic coloration and mimicry, which are classic examples of adaptive evolution. Surprisingly little is known about the roles of ecological and evolutionary...