Article
Rapid morphological radiation and convergence among races of the butterfly Heliconius erato inferred from patterns of mitochondrial DNA evolution.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 5 Jul 1994
Brower A V
Abstract excerpt
The neotropical Heliconius butterflies are famous examples of Müllerian mimicry, due to the diverse array of shared, brightly colored wing patterns that advertise the butterflies' unpalatability. The parallel geographical variation in these patterns within several widespread species has been invo...
Topics
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Biological Evolution
- Butterflies
- Central America
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Diptera
- Genetic Variation
- Geography
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny
- South America
- Time