The mimicking or accentuation of some characteristic of one's own species as an adaptive response.
Example sentencesExamples
Another form of automimicry occurs when a signal coming from one part of the body is duplicated by another part.
Some authors have suggested that enhanced human characteristics are also examples of automimicry.
Now a researcher says he has found the first example of automimicry in plants: species that mimic their own thorns in an effort to look even less appealing to herbivores.
The lantern fly's elongated head is an evolutionary adaptation called automimicry, in which parts of the body are disguised or artificially shifted to other areas to confuse predators: the lantern fly's head looks like a tail, and its tail looks like a head.
When an animal mimics some part of it's own body, it's called automimicry.
Definition of automimicry in US English:
automimicry
nounˌôtōˈmimikrē
Biology
The mimicking or accentuation of some characteristic of one's own species as an adaptive response.
Example sentencesExamples
Some authors have suggested that enhanced human characteristics are also examples of automimicry.
Now a researcher says he has found the first example of automimicry in plants: species that mimic their own thorns in an effort to look even less appealing to herbivores.
Another form of automimicry occurs when a signal coming from one part of the body is duplicated by another part.
When an animal mimics some part of it's own body, it's called automimicry.
The lantern fly's elongated head is an evolutionary adaptation called automimicry, in which parts of the body are disguised or artificially shifted to other areas to confuse predators: the lantern fly's head looks like a tail, and its tail looks like a head.