Aposematic coloration *not* due to diet?! - PNAS

[Mike Quinn]

Pretty surprising findings!! Mike Quinn, Austin, TX

"Controlling for phylogenetic relatedness among Papilio taxa, we found no
evidence supporting the hypothesis that either diet specialization or
chemical specialization facilitated the origin of aposematic larvae."

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Published online before print November 20, 2007
PNAS | December 4, 2007 | vol. 104 | no. 49 | 19381-19386

http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/full/104/49/19381 - HTML
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