AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Mimicry occurs when one species of animal (the mimic) resembles another species that has easily recognizable characteristics (the model) and as a result deceives a potential predator (the dupe) that might otherwise capture and eat it.

Detailed explanation-2: -mimicry, in biology, phenomenon characterized by the superficial resemblance of two or more organisms that are not closely related taxonomically. This resemblance confers an advantage-such as protection from predation-upon one or both organisms by which the organisms deceive the animate agent of natural selection.

Detailed explanation-3: -Batesian mimicry is when a species mimics the warning signals of another species without having the characteristics that make it undesirable to their shared predator.

Detailed explanation-4: -In evolutionary biology, mimicry is an evolved resemblance between an organism and another object, often an organism of another species. Mimicry may evolve between different species, or between individuals of the same species.

Detailed explanation-5: -The first distinction divides mimicry into two broad categories: ‘signal mimicry’ and ‘cue mimicry’. ‘Signal mimicry’ occurs when mimic and model share the same receiver, and ‘cue mimicry’ when mimic and model have different receivers or when there is no receiver for the model’s trait.