Variation in cyanogenic compounds concentration within a Heliconius butterfly community: does mimicry explain everything?

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Authors

Mónica Arias · Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité

Aimilia Meichanetzoglou · Molécules de Communication et Adaptation des Micro-organismes

Marianne Élias · Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité

Neil Rosser · University of York

Donna Lisa De‐Silva · Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité

Bastien Nay · Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité

Abstract

Our results suggest that mimicry can explain the variation in the levels of chemical defence to a certain extent, although other ecological factors are also relevant to the evolution of such variability.

Topics & Keywords

Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy Plant and animal studies Genetic diversity and population structure

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Life in Land

Publication Details

Published in: BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volume 16, Issue 1, pp. 272-272

DOI: 10.1186/s12862-016-0843-5

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