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A phylogenetic framework for wing pattern evolution in the mimetic Mocker Swallowtail Papilio dardanus.
Molecular ecology - 1 Sept 2009
Clark Rebecca, Vogler Alfried P
Abstract excerpt
The Batesian mimetic swallowtail butterfly Papilio dardanus exhibits numerous distinct wing colour morphs whose evolutionary origins require large phenotypic shifts. A phylogenetic framework to study the history of these morphs was established by DNA sequencing of representative subspecies from sub-Saharan Africa and Indian Ocean islands. Two mitochondrial genes and the nuclear internal transcribed spacer marker...
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