Butterfly genome reveals promiscuous exchange of mimicry adaptations among species

K. Dasmahapatra, Kanchon; Rosser, Neil; Mallet, James; R. Walters, James; J. Nadeau, Nicola; H. Martin, Simon; Salazar, Camilo; W. Baxter, Simon; K. Surridge, Alison; D. Jiggins, Chris; D. Briscoe, Adriana; J. Lewis, James; Martin, Arnaud; Yuan, Furong; D. Reed, Robert; W. Davey, John; L. Blaxter, Mark; Whibley, Annabel; T. Jones, Robert; Joron, Mathieu; V. Zimin, Aleksey; A. Yorke, James; Hughes, Daniel; Kersey, Paul; Lawson, Daniel; A. Wilson, Derek; Ferguson, Laura; W. H. Holland, Peter; Owen McMillan, W.; Adler, Sebastian; J. Hoff, Katharina; Ahn, Seung‐Joon; G. Heckel, David; Pauchet, Yannick; Vogel, Heiko; A. Baker, Dean; Chamberlain, Nicola; Tenger‐Trolander, Ayşe; R. Kronforst, Marcus; Chauhan, Ritika; H. ffrench‐Constant, Richard; A. Counterman, Brian; Dalmay, Tamás; E. Gilbert, Lawrence; Gordon, Karl; Papanicolaou, Alexie; M. Hines, Heather; Jacquin‐Joly, Emmanuelle; M. Jiggins, Francis; J. Palmer, William; D. Kapan, Durrell; Lamas, Gerardo; Mapleson, Daniel; S. Maroja, Luana; Moxon, Simon; Papa, Riccardo; A. Ray, David; L. Salzberg, Steven; A. Supple, Megan; A. Wilkinson, Paul; L. Balmuth, Alexi; Eland, Cathlene; Gharbi, Karim; Thomson, Marian; A. Gibbs, Richard; Han, Yi; Jayaseelan, J; Kovar, Christie; Mathew, Tittu; M. Muzny, Donna; Ongeri, Fiona; Pu, Lingling; Qu, Jiaxin; Thornton, Rebecca; C. Worley, Kim; Wu, Yuanqing; E. Scherer, Steven; Richards, Stephen; Linares, Mauricio; P. Mullen, Sean

doi:10.1038/nature11041

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Butterfly genome reveals promiscuous exchange of mimicry adaptations among species

Published in Nature • May 15, 2012

Authors:

Kanchon K. Dasmahapatra

Neil Rosser

James Mallet

Abstract

Sequencing of the genome of the butterfly Heliconius melpomene shows that closely related Heliconius species exchange protective colour-pattern genes promiscuously. Heliconius butterflies are an excellent system in which to study ecology, behaviour, mimicry and speciation. The genome of the postman ...

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Heliconius

Biology

Introgression

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