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#Question id: 11172


Consider the consequences of a harmless prey that evolves toward mimicry of a model that has an antipredator defense (Batesian mimicry). What happens to the effectiveness of this defense as more and more prey in the population are harmless mimics

#Section 2: Evolution
  1. The number of both models and mimics is unlimited because they both reinforce the protection afforded by the warning color pattern
  2. The number of mimics is limited because they dilute the protection afforded by the warning color pattern
  3. The number of mimics is unlimited because they reinforce the protection afforded by the warning color pattern
  4. The number of models is limited because they dilute the protection afforded by the warning color pattern