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Ancient homology underlies adaptive mimetic diversity across butterflies.
Nature communications - 8 Sept 2014
Gallant Jason R, Imhoff Vance E, Martin Arnaud, Savage Wesley K, Chamberlain Nicola L, Pote Ben L, Peterson Chelsea, Smith Gabriella E, Evans Benjamin, Reed Robert D, Kronforst Marcus R, Mullen Sean P
Abstract excerpt
Convergent evolution provides a rare, natural experiment with which to test the predictability of adaptation at the molecular level. Little is known about the molecular basis of convergence over macro-evolutionary timescales. Here we use a combination of positional cloning, population genomic resequencing, association mapping and developmental data to demonstrate that positionally orthologous nucleotide variants...
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