Mimicry
71Animal colouration — has been a topic of interest and research in biology for well over a century. Colours may be cryptic (functioning as an adaptation allowing the prevention of prey detection; aposematic (functioning as a warning of unprofitability) or may be the… …
72Polymorphism (biology) — Light morph Jaguar (typical) Dark morph or melanistic Jaguar (about …
73Animal coloration — Chapman s Zebras in Botswana, displaying their outline disrupting camouflage Animal coloration has been a topic of interest and research in biology for well over a century. According to Charles Darwin s 1859 theory of natural selection,[1 …
74Mimétisme —  Pour l’article homonyme, voir Mimétisme comportemental.  Papillon Kallima inachus imitant une feuille morte …
75Defense in insects — Biston betularia: the melanic carbonaria (left) and the more common light colored typica (right) Insects have a wide variety of predators, including birds, reptiles, amphibians …
76Adaptation — This article is about the evolutionary process. For other uses, see Adaptation (disambiguation). Part of a series on Evolutionary Biology …
77coloration — colorational, adj. colorationally, adv. /kul euh ray sheuhn/, n. appearance with regard to color arrangement or use of colors; coloring: the bold coloration of some birds. [1605 15; COLOR + ATION] * * * ▪ biology Introduction in biology,… …
78Kouji — (), which can be translated literally as mouth skill or skill of mouth is a vocal mimicry performance art which utilizes the human speech organs to mimic the sounds of everyday life. When this vocal mimicry is combined with varying degrees of… …
79Edward Bagnall Poulton — Sir Edward Bagnall Poulton (January 27 1856 ndash;November 20 1943) was a British evolutionary zoologist. He became Hope Professor of Zoology at the University of Oxford in 1893. Life Between 1873 and 1876, he studied at Jesus College, Oxford… …
80Henry Walter Bates — FRS, FLS, FGS (February 8, 1825 ndash; February 16, 1892) was an English naturalist and explorer who gave the first scientific account of mimicry in animals. He was most famous for his expedition to the Amazon with Alfred Russel Wallace in 1848.… …
