Mimicry meets the mitochondrion. Evolution.
A recent molecular study of the evolution of mimicry in tropical butterflies of the genus Heliconius proves that the mimics adapted to previously diverged 'model' species, but does not clearly distinguish between opposing views of how the model species diverged.
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Galton Laboratory, Department of Biology, 4 Stephenson Way, London, NW1 2HE, UK.
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McMillan
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D000818:Animals; D002080:Butterflies; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D018716:Molecular Mimicry; D013045:Species Specificity
D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial