Article
Comparative population genetics of a mimicry locus among hybridizing Heliconius butterfly species.
Heredity - 1 Sept 2011
Chamberlain N L, Hill R I, Baxter S W, Jiggins C D, Kronforst M R
Abstract excerpt
The comimetic Heliconius butterfly species pair, H. erato and H. melpomene, appear to use a conserved Mendelian switch locus to generate their matching red wing patterns. Here we investigate whether H. cydno and H. pachinus, species closely related to H. melpomene, use this same switch locus to generate their highly divergent red and brown color pattern elements. Using an F2 intercross between H. cydno and H....
Topics
- Animals
- Butterflies
- Chromosome Mapping
- Crosses, Genetic
- Evolution, Molecular
- Genes, Insect
- Genetic Loci
- Genetic Variation
- Linkage Disequilibrium
- Molecular Mimicry
- Phenotype