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Müllerian mimicry is whena) a harmless species imitates a harmful species.b) two or more unpalatable species mimic each other.c) a harmful species imitates a harmless species.d) two harmless species imitate each othe

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Müllerian mimicry is whena) a harmless species imitates a harmful species.b) two or more unpalatable species mimic each other.c) a harmful species imitates a harmless species.d) two harmless species imitate each othe

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Müllerian mimicry is when b) two or more unpalitable species mimic each other.

This type of mimicry is a natural phenomenon in which two or more unpalatable species, that may or may not be closely related and share one or more common predators, have come to mimic each other's warning signals. It is named after the German naturalist Fritz Müller, who first proposed the concept in 1878.

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