Sentence examples for Batesian mimicry from inspiring English sources
proper noun
The resemblance of one or more non-poisonous species to a poisonous species, for example, the scarlet king snake and the coral snake.
Batesian mimicry is thus both a deceptive and an advertising coloration, and it is effective only because the model species itself has a warning coloration (see below).
Batesian mimicry can be contrasted to those forms of camouflage in which organisms show an "imitative resemblance" to inanimate objects in their environment, such as the leaves or twigs of a tree.
Batesian mimicry, a form of biological resemblance in which a noxious, or dangerous, organism (the model), equipped with a warning system such as conspicuous coloration, is mimicked by a harmless organism (the mimic).
Batesian mimicry and Mullerian mimicry are compared.
Batesian mimicry was first described by pioneering naturalist Henry W. Bates.
Batesian mimicry and the conditions favoring its origin and maintenance have provided insight to the process of natural selection.
This is what scientists call "Batesian mimicry".
All this is just Batesian mimicry.
Masters of Batesian mimicry abound in the natural world.
Nishikawa, H. et al. A genetic mechanism for female-limited Batesian mimicry in Papilio butterfly.
The first form, which is better studied, is known as Batesian mimicry.
