Mimetic accuracy and co-evolution of mimetic traits in ant-mimicking species
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14310%2F22%3A00129300" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14310/22:00129300 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2022.105126" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2022.105126</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2022.105126" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.isci.2022.105126</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Mimetic accuracy and co-evolution of mimetic traits in ant-mimicking species
Original language description
Myrmecomorphy is the most frequent type of Batesian mimicry. Myrmecomorphic species differ in the accuracy with which they resemble ants; however, the hypothesis of the co-evolution of mimetic traits has been rarely tested. Here, we measured dozens of traits of color, shape, size, and behavior, and quantified objectively the resemblance between dozens of arthropod mimics and ants. In all traits, the mimics were more similar to ants than to closely related non-myrmecomorphic species. We found that mimics resemble ants mainly in color and behavior, and less in size and body shape. We found that the mimetic accuracy in four trait categories demonstrate divergent co-evolutionary patterns. Mimetic accuracy in color was positively correlated with shape and size in insects but negatively in spiders, presumably reflecting developmental constraints. Accuracy in shape tend to be negatively related to movement in both insects and spiders supporting the motion-limited discrimination hypothesis.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10613 - Zoology
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA19-09323S" target="_blank" >GA19-09323S: Mimetic complexes and the evolution of inaccurate mimics</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
iSCIENCE
ISSN
2589-0042
e-ISSN
2589-0042
Volume of the periodical
25
Issue of the periodical within the volume
10
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
20
Pages from-to
1-20
UT code for WoS article
000869027300004
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85138327563