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Future directions in floral mimicry research
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AbstractMore than 200 years after the discovery of floral mimicry by Sprengel many questions about this fascinating natural phenomenon remain unanswered. Floral mimicry has traditionally been a relatively small field of research compared with animal mimicry; however, floral mimicry studies now account for almost a third of all studies dealing with mimicry among organisms. This chapter looks to the future of mimicry research and focuses on molecular approaches and their potential to answer unresolved questions about speciation. The inclusion of this chapter does not mean that the future of mimicry research is purely molecular rather than ecological. However, it can be considered that molecular approaches are not specific to a particular type of mimicry system, and it therefore makes more sense to deal with this topic in a single chapter and to discuss ecological approaches in the chapters that focus on each type of floral mimicry.
Title: Future directions in floral mimicry research
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AbstractMore than 200 years after the discovery of floral mimicry by Sprengel many questions about this fascinating natural phenomenon remain unanswered.
Floral mimicry has traditionally been a relatively small field of research compared with animal mimicry; however, floral mimicry studies now account for almost a third of all studies dealing with mimicry among organisms.
This chapter looks to the future of mimicry research and focuses on molecular approaches and their potential to answer unresolved questions about speciation.
The inclusion of this chapter does not mean that the future of mimicry research is purely molecular rather than ecological.
However, it can be considered that molecular approaches are not specific to a particular type of mimicry system, and it therefore makes more sense to deal with this topic in a single chapter and to discuss ecological approaches in the chapters that focus on each type of floral mimicry.
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