Evolutionary implications of deception in mimicry and masquerade
Evolutionary implications of deception in mimicry and masquerade作者机构:School of Biological Sciences University of Canterbury Private Bag 4800 Christchurch New Zealand
出 版 物:《Current Zoology》 (动物学报(英文版))
年 卷 期:2014年第60卷第1期
页 面:6-15页
核心收录:
学科分类:0710[理学-生物学] 07[理学] 08[工学] 09[农学] 071007[理学-遗传学] 0901[农学-作物学] 090102[农学-作物遗传育种] 082302[工学-交通信息工程及控制] 0823[工学-交通运输工程]
主 题:Mimicry Masquerade Crypsis Deceptive communication Cleaner fish Pre-existing biases
摘 要:Aggressive mimicry occurs when an organism resembles some aspect of another organism (the model) in order to obtain prey through its deceptive resemblance. This may function either through the overt response of the receiver or through the lack of response of the receiver. Reviewing selected examples, I discuss some of the difficulties in ascribing a model for the mimic. I also discuss how a single animal can have multiple ploys in its armoury of deceptive signals, thus belonging within two or more categories of deceptive signalling. In addition to aggressive mimicry, these may include crypsis or camouflage, mas- querade (mimicry of inanimate objects), and Batesian or protective mimicry. Each of these examples of deception has multiple evolutionary pathways, and some deceptive signals may be more costly to receivers than others, but no single organism is subject to a single selection pressure, leading to the reality that many evolutionary pathways contribute to the diversity we see around us. New technologies are opening new channels of investigation into deceptive signaling in many different sensory modalities, and this is reflected in the recent increase in studies investigating the structure and function of deceptive signals. In turn, these studies are beginning to expose the fascinating complexity of deceptive signaling systems, allowing us to discover the myriad, non-mutually exclusive, solutions that can be selected for to obtain prey