Mimicry
41Ant mimicry — Cricket nymph, Macroxiphus sp. Ant mimicry is mimicry of ants by other organisms. Ants are abundant all over the world, and insect predators that rely on vision to identify their prey such as birds and wasps normally avoid them, either because… …
42Chemical mimicry — Ophrys lutea, an orchid species with flowers that mimic the pheromones of female insects Chemical mimicry is mimicry[1] mediated via chemoreception (the chemical senses of smell and taste). Chemical mimicry may be used in combination with mimicry …
43Sexual mimicry — is where one sex takes the characteristics of the other within a species. Examples of sexual mimicry in animals are the spotted hyena, bonobo chimp, spider monkey, lemur, european mole. It also occurs in plants, where flowers of one sex may mimic …
44Web of mimicry — est le nom du label créé par Trey Spruance, l un des membres du groupe musical Mr Bungle. Le label a initialement été créé comme un label fictif à la demande du distributeur Revolver pour héberger les albums des Secret Chiefs 3. Il a ensuite… …
45Molecular mimicry — Molekulare Mimikry bezeichnet das Verbergen bakterieller, viraler oder parasitärer Oberflächenmoleküle vor der Immunabwehr des Wirts. Diese Moleküle werden deshalb nicht vom Immunsystem anerkannt, weil ähnliche oder gleiche Substanzen auch im… …
46Web of Mimicry — est le nom du label créé par Trey Spruance, l un des membres du groupe musical Mr Bungle. Le label a initialement été créé comme un label fictif à la demande du distributeur Revolver pour héberger les albums des Secret Chiefs 3. Il a ensuite… …
47Batesian mimicry — /bayt see euhn/, Ecol. the protective resemblance in appearance of a palatable or harmless species, as the viceroy butterfly, to an unpalatable or dangerous species, as the monarch butterfly, that is usually avoided by predators. Cf. Müllerian… …
48Müllerian mimicry — /myooh lear ee euhn, mu , mi /, Ecol. the resemblance in appearance of two or more unpalatable species, which are avoided by predators to a greater degree than any one of the species would be otherwise. Also, Mullerian mimicry. Cf. Batesian… …
49Batesian mimicry — A form of deceptive mimicry in which a palatable species assumes the appearance of a species distasteful or poisonous to a predator; false warning color; allosematic color; pseudaposematic color; see Mullerian mimicry …
50protective mimicry — see cryptic colors, Batesian mimicry, Mullerian mimicry …
