It is a term that describes the evolution of harmless animals that are similar to harmful species to balance the ecosystem. It was named after "Henry Walter Bates" an English naturalist.
This may, however, be an instance of Miillerian rather than of Batesian mimicry, the beetle being itself inedible; for Shelford has stated his conviction that the Bornean representatives of the sub-family (Clytinae), to which Clytus arietis belongs, are all highly distasteful and are warningly colou
Hence the resemblances belonging to the first category are commonly termed Batesian mimicry, and those belonging to the second category Mullerian mimicry, or more properly Mullerian resemblance.
Over and over again extended knowledge on this point and inferences drawn from other facts have shown the certainty or probability of examples of mimicry being in reality Mullerian, which were previously accepted without question as Batesian.
Batesian výslovnosti s významy, synonyma, antonyma, překlady vět a více