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=== Defensive masquerade === It has been suggested that some patterns of leaf variegation may be part of a "defensive masquerade strategy."<ref>{{cite journal |last=Lev-Yadun |first=S. |date=2014 |title=Defensive masquerade by plants |journal=Biological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=113 |issue= 4|pages=1162β1166 |doi=10.1111/bij.12399 |doi-access=free }}</ref> In this, leaf variegation may appear to a [[leaf miner|leaf mining insect]] that the leaf is already infested, and this may reduce parasitization of the leaf by leaf miners.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8108000/8108940.stm |title=The plant that pretends to be ill |last1=Walker |first1=Matt |date=19 June 2009 |website=BBC News |access-date=13 April 2016 }}</ref>
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