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  • Mimicry of ants and beetles by spiders is also, on its face, not easily categorized.
  • Significantly, postcolonial theorists have seen mimicry as bordering on mockery, ' since it can appear to parody whatever it mimics.
  • Mimicry in hoverflies.
  • These antibodies will be used in the study of molecular mimicry in the context of autoimmune uveitis.
  • There is strong indirect, and some direct, evidence that this is achieved through chemical mimicry.
  • We are testing the hypothesis that all maculinea and microdon species employ chemical mimicry to a varying degree.
  • Others think that motor mimicry is primitive empathy and if we could explain imitation we would be on the way to explaining empathy.
  • Vocalizations and vocal mimicry in captive harbor seals, phoca vitulina.
  • However, more recently analyzed data have indicated that the viceroy is also unpalatable and thus the pair is an example of müllerian mimicry.
  • Full text available as: pdf abstract ideas about the evolution of imperfect mimicry are reviewed.
  • He's also a highly entertaining companion, with a gift for accurate mimicry which can make you ache with laughter.

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