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Gene flow and the genealogical history of Heliconius heurippa.
BMC evolutionary biology - 2 May 2008
Salazar Camilo, Jiggins Chris D, Taylor Jesse E, Kronforst Marcus R, Linares Mauricio
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The neotropical butterfly Heliconius heurippa has a hybrid colour pattern, which also contributes to reproductive isolation, making it a likely example of hybrid speciation. Here we used phylogenetic and coalescent-based analyses of multilocus sequence data to investigate the origin of H. heurippa. RESULTS: We sequenced a mitochondrial region (CoI and CoII), a sex-linked locus (Tpi) and two autosomal...
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