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Give an account of Mimicry.

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Mimicry is a phenomenon in which living organism modifies its form, appearance, structure or behavior and looks like another living organism as a self defence and increases the chance of their survival. Floral mimicry is for usually inviting pollinators but animal mimicry 1s often protective. Mimicry is a result of evolutionary significance due to shape and sudden heritable mutation and preservation of natural selection.
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