Article
Genomic hotspots for adaptation: the population genetics of Müllerian mimicry in Heliconius erato.
PLoS genetics - 5 Feb 2010
Counterman Brian A, Araujo-Perez Felix, Hines Heather M, Baxter Simon W, Morrison Clay M, Lindstrom Daniel P, Papa Riccardo, Ferguson Laura, Joron Mathieu, Ffrench-Constant Richard H, Smith Christopher P, Nielsen Dahlia M, Chen Rui, Jiggins Chris D, Reed Robert D, Halder Georg, Mallet Jim, McMillan W Owen
Abstract excerpt
Wing pattern evolution in Heliconius butterflies provides some of the most striking examples of adaptation by natural selection. The genes controlling pattern variation are classic examples of Mendelian loci of large effect, where allelic variation causes large and discrete phenotypic changes and is responsible for both convergent and highly divergent wing pattern evolution across the genus. We characterize...
Topics
- Adaptation, Physiological
- Animals
- Butterflies
- Chromosomes, Artificial, Bacterial
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Genetic Loci
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics, Population
- Genome