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mimicry
mimicry Form of animal deception, either for protection or to lure prey. The mimic, generally a harmless edible species, protects itself by imitating the warning shape or coloration of a ‘model’, a poisonous or dangerous species. When coloration increases an animal's chances of survival, as seen in the chameleon, it is commonly referred to as
protective coloration. Examples of mimicry to capture prey include the anglerfish that waves a fleshy wormlike extension from his snout, and spiders that resemble ants, their prey.
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Mimicry
Magazine article from: Intheblack; 12/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...persuasive, it might be time to think about subtle mimicry. Mimicry as a scientifically measured and proven negotiation...vital ingredients in negotiation and deal making. Mimicry sounds like monkey business. They lean back, you...
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Vasculogenic mimicry in breast cancer a factor for recurrence and lower survival.(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: Cancer Weekly; 7/9/2002; 700+ words
; ...supporting of the role of vasculogenic mimicry in breast cancer recurrence and poor survival...Japan, are suggesting that vasculogenic mimicry, which resembles angiogenesis but takes...grew tumors that exhibited vasculogenic mimicry, which they characterized as the development...
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Role of Antibody Paratope Conformational Flexibility in the Manifestation of Molecular Mimicry
Magazine article from: Biophysical Journal; 2/15/2008; ; 700+ words
; ABSTRACT Molecular mimicry is a recurrent theme in host defense processes. The correlation of functional mimicry with the structural features of the antibody...investigated, addressing the consequences of mimicry in host immune mechanisms. Two anti...
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Rethinking bad taste: how much mimicry is outright cheating?
Magazine article from: Science News; 9/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Generations of textbooks have presented animal mimicry as one of the marvels of evolution, allowing...still have a lot of questions about how mimicry works. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In the...Both cases are in line with conventional mimicry standards. But Speed, of the University...
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COPY YOUR NEIGHBOUR.(mimicry in butterflies)
Magazine article from: New Scientist; 9/9/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...copy them. Biologists use the term "mimicry rings" for these clusters of impostors...But here's the conundrum. "Classical mimicry theory says that only a single ring should...has been one of the major problems in mimicry research," says Beccaloni. In pursuit...
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Indigenous doom: Colonial mimicry in Faulkner's Indian tales
Magazine article from: The Faulkner Journal; 10/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...property. Homi K. Bhabha's studies of "mimicry" and "cultural hybridity" offer a useful...Bhabha discusses the colonial subject's mimicry of colonial authority and argues that while this mimicry is not necessarily a conscious or intentional...
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Mimicry-related predation on two viceroy butterfly (Limenitis archippus) phenotypes
Magazine article from: The American Midland Naturalist; 7/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...ranges of the viceroy's two eastern mimicry models: the monarch (Danaus plexippus...Heal, 1982, p. 95). Defensive mimicry, the superficial imitation of a defended...adaptive evolution. Indeed, defensive mimicry was one of the earliest applications of...
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Developmental perspectives on evolution of butterfly mimicry.
Magazine article from: BioScience; 3/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...they have evolved extremely accurate mimicry of protected species. Among the most interesting and complex mimicry systems are those in which the mimics...species have each evolved a different mimicry pattern and, even though each population...
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Marriage mimicry: the law of domestic violence.
Magazine article from: William and Mary Law Review; 4/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...relationships through what she terms a marriage-mimicry model. She uses the law of domestic violence...framework of according benefits a "marriage-mimicry" model. The legal system defines who...domestic violence reflects this marriage-mimicry model. (7) Legislatures first began...
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Call mimicry by Eastern Towhees and its significance in relation to auditory learning.
Magazine article from: Wilson Bulletin; 9/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...Previous cases of vocal mimicry in this species involved the...AND METHODS The term "vocal mimicry" is used here in a purely...the specific issue of "call mimicry." Observations of presumptive call mimicries by towhees were obtained at...
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Mimicry
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
Mimicry M ü llerian mimicry Mimicry may broadly be defined as imitation or copying of an action or image. In biological systems, mimicry specifically refers to the fascinating resemblance of an organism, called the “ mimic...
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mimicry
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
mimicry in biology, the advantageous resemblance...is classed as protective coloration .) Mimicry serves either to protect the mimic from...spiders that themselves resemble ants). Mimicry occurs in both plants and animals but is...
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Antigenic Mimicry
Book article from: World of Microbiology and Immunology
Antigenic mimicry Antigenic mimicry is the sharing of antigenic sites between microorganisms and mammalian...antigenic determinant. This autoimmune response due to antigenic mimicry is known to be a crucial factor in the development of certain ailments...
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Mimicry, Camouflage, and Warning Coloration
Book article from: Biology
Mimicry, Camouflage, and Warning Coloration Many predators search for...mimic the coloration of the poisonous animals. This type of mimicry is referred to as Batesian mimicry, named after the nineteenth-century British naturalist who...
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Batesian mimicry
Book article from: A Dictionary of Biology
Batesian mimicry See mimicry .
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