The origin of mimicry: deception or merely coincidence?

Bram Wiggers, Harmen de Weerd

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    One of the most remarkable phenomena in nature is mimicry,
    in which one species (the mimic) evolves to imitate the phenotype of
    another species (the model). Several reasons for the origin of mimicry
    have been proposed, but no definitive conclusion has been found yet. In
    this paper, we test several of these hypotheses through an agent based coevolutionary
    model. In particular, we consider two possible alternatives:
    (1) Deception, in which mimics evolve to imitate the phenotype of models
    that predators avoid to eat, and (2) Coincidence, in which models evolve
    a warning color to avoid predation, which coincidentally benefits the
    mimics. Our agent-based simulation shows that both these hypotheses
    are plausible origins for mimicry, but also that once a mimicry situation
    has been established through coincidence, mimics will take advantage of
    the possibility for deception as well.
    Originele taal-2English
    Aantal pagina's15
    StatusAccepted/In press - 8 nov. 2017
    EvenementThe 29th Benelux Conference on Artificial Intelligence - Het Kasteel, Groningen, Netherlands
    Duur: 8 nov. 20179 nov. 2017
    Congresnummer: 29
    http://bnaic2017.ai.rug.nl/

    Conference

    ConferenceThe 29th Benelux Conference on Artificial Intelligence
    Verkorte titelBNAIC 2017
    Land/RegioNetherlands
    StadGroningen
    Periode8/11/179/11/17
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    Keywords

    • mimicry
    • kunstmatige intelligentie

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