Article
Highly conserved gene order and numerous novel repetitive elements in genomic regions linked to wing pattern variation in Heliconius butterflies.
BMC genomics - 22 Jul 2008
Papa Riccardo, Morrison Clayton M, Walters James R, Counterman Brian A, Chen Rui, Halder Georg, Ferguson Laura, Chamberlain Nicola, Ffrench-Constant Richard, Kapan Durrell D, Jiggins Chris D, Reed Robert D, McMillan William O
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: With over 20 parapatric races differing in their warningly colored wing patterns, the butterfly Heliconius erato provides a fascinating example of an adaptive radiation. Together with matching races of its co-mimic Heliconius melpomene, H. erato also represents a textbook case of Müllerian mimicry, a phenomenon where common warning signals are shared amongst noxious organisms. It is of great interest...
Topics
- Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Butterflies
- Chromosome Walking
- Chromosomes, Artificial, Bacterial
- Conserved Sequence
- DNA
- Gene Order