Article
Repeated genetic adaptation to altitude in two tropical butterflies.
Nature communications - 9 Aug 2022
Montejo-Kovacevich Gabriela, Meier Joana I, Bacquet Caroline N, Warren Ian A, Chan Yingguang Frank, Kucka Marek, Salazar Camilo, Rueda-M Nicol, Montgomery Stephen H, McMillan W Owen, Kozak Krzysztof M, Nadeau Nicola J, Martin Simon H, Jiggins Chris D
Abstract excerpt
Repeated evolution can provide insight into the mechanisms that facilitate adaptation to novel or changing environments. Here we study adaptation to altitude in two tropical butterflies, Heliconius erato and H. melpomene, which have repeatedly and independently adapted to montane habitats on either side of the Andes. We sequenced 518 whole genomes from altitudinal transects and found many regions differentiated...
Topics
- Adaptation, Physiological
- Altitude
- Animals
- Butterflies
- Phenotype
- Phylogeny