Mimicry articles within Nature

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• Letter | 05 March 2014

  doublesex is a mimicry supergene

  The phenomenon of sex-limited mimicry is phylogenetically widespread in the swallowtail butterfly genus Papilio — now, a single gene, doublesex, is shown to control supergene mimicry, a finding that is in contrast to the long-held view that supergenes are likely to be controlled by a tightly linked cluster of loci.

  • K. Kunte
  • , W. Zhang
  •  & M. R. Kronforst

• Letter | 21 March 2012

  A comparative analysis of the evolution of imperfect mimicry

  In hoverflies with a small body size, even imperfect Batesian mimicry suffices to limit predation because they are not subject to particularly intense selection.

  • Heather D. Penney
  • , Christopher Hassall
  •  & Thomas N. Sherratt