Heliconius butterflies: a window into the evolution and development of diversity

Selective sweeps on novel and introgressed variation shape mimicry loci in a butterfly adaptive radiation

(2020) Markus Moest et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Divergence of chemosensing during the early stages of speciation

(2020) Bas van Schooten et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

From Patterning Genes to Process: Unraveling the Gene Regulatory Networks That Pattern Heliconius Wings

(2020) W. Owen McMillan et al.   Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Mechanisms of Change: A Population-Based Perspective on the Roles of Modularity and Pleiotropy in Diversification

(2020) James J. Lewis et al.   Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Deep Convergence, Shared Ancestry and Evolutionary Novelty in the Genetic Architecture of Heliconius Mimicry

(2020) Jake Morris et al.   GENETICS

Limited genetic parallels underlie convergent evolution of quantitative pattern variation in mimetic butterflies

(2020) Hannah E. Bainbridge et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Visual mate preference evolution during butterfly speciation is linked to neural processing genes

(2020) Matteo Rossi et al.   Nature Communications

Many functionally connected loci foster adaptive diversification along a neotropical hybrid zone

(2020) James J. Lewis et al.   Science Advances

Recombination rate variation shapes barriers to introgression across butterfly genomes

(2019) Simon H. Martin et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Genetic dissection of assortative mating behavior

(2019) Richard M. Merrill et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Conservation and flexibility in the gene regulatory landscape of heliconiine butterfly wings

(2019) Joseph J. Hanly et al.   EvoDevo

Butterfly Mimicry Polymorphisms Highlight Phylogenetic Limits of Gene Reuse in the Evolution of Diverse Adaptations

(2019) Nicholas W VanKuren et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Unravelling the genes forming the wing pattern supergene in the polymorphic butterfly Heliconius numata

(2019) Suzanne V. Saenko et al.   EvoDevo

Parallel evolution of ancient, pleiotropic enhancers underlies butterfly wing pattern mimicry

(2019) James J. Lewis et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Genomic architecture and introgression shape a butterfly radiation

(2019) Nathaniel B. Edelman et al.   SCIENCE

Interplay between Developmental Flexibility and Determinism in the Evolution of Mimetic Heliconius Wing Patterns

(2019) Carolina Concha et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Supergene Evolution Triggered by the Introgression of a Chromosomal Inversion

(2018) Paul Jay et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Wing scale ultrastructure underlying convergent and divergent iridescent colours in mimetic Heliconius butterflies

(2018) Andrew J. Parnell et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Patterns of Z chromosome divergence among Heliconius species highlight the importance of historical demography

(2018) Steven M. Van Belleghem et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Aristaless Controls Butterfly Wing Color Variation Used in Mimicry and Mate Choice

(2018) Erica L. Westerman et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Genome-Wide Regulatory Adaptation Shapes Population-Level Genomic Landscapes in Heliconius

(2018) James J Lewis et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Phenotypic variation in Heliconius erato crosses shows that iridescent structural colour is sex-linked and controlled by multiple genes

(2018) Melanie N. Brien et al.   Interface Focus

Evolution of novel mimicry rings facilitated by adaptive introgression in tropical butterflies

(2017) Juan Enciso-Romero et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Single master regulatory gene coordinates the evolution and development of butterfly color and iridescence

(2017) Linlin Zhang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Ancient hybridization fuels rapid cichlid fish adaptive radiations

(2017) Joana I. Meier et al.   Nature Communications

Complex modular architecture around a simple toolkit of wing pattern genes

(2017) Steven M. Van Belleghem et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Plumage Genes and Little Else Distinguish the Genomes of Hybridizing Warblers

(2016) David P.L. Toews et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Natural Selection and Genetic Diversity in the Butterfly Heliconius melpomene

(2016) Simon H. Martin et al.   GENETICS

The comparative landscape of duplications in Heliconius melpomene and Heliconius cydno

(2016) A Pinharanda et al.   HEREDITY

The gene cortex controls mimicry and crypsis in butterflies and moths

(2016) Nicola J. Nadeau et al.   NATURE

The industrial melanism mutation in British peppered moths is a transposable element

(2016) Arjen E. van’t Hof et al.   NATURE

Evolutionary Novelty in a Butterfly Wing Pattern through Enhancer Shuffling

(2016) Richard W. R. Wallbank et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Natural Selection and Genetic Diversity in the Butterfly Heliconius melpomene

(2016) Simon H. Martin et al.   GENETICS

The Functional Basis of Wing Patterning in Heliconius Butterflies: The Molecules Behind Mimicry

(2015) M. R. Kronforst et al.   GENETICS

The diversification ofHeliconiusbutterflies: what have we learned in 150 years?

(2015) R. M. Merrill et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Multiple recent co-options of Optix associated with novel traits in adaptive butterfly wing radiations

(2014) Arnaud Martin et al.   EvoDevo

Genome-wide evidence for speciation with gene flow inHeliconiusbutterflies

(2013) Simon H. Martin et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Transcriptome analysis reveals novel patterning and pigmentation genes underlying Heliconius butterfly wing pattern variation

(2012) Heather M Hines et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Butterfly genome reveals promiscuous exchange of mimicry adaptations among species

(2012) Kanchon K. Dasmahapatra et al.   NATURE

Diversification of complex butterfly wing patterns by repeated regulatory evolution of a Wnt ligand

(2012) A. Martin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

optix Drives the Repeated Convergent Evolution of Butterfly Wing Pattern Mimicry

(2011) R. D. Reed et al.   SCIENCE

Genomic Hotspots for Adaptation: The Population Genetics of Müllerian Mimicry in the Heliconius melpomene Clade

(2010) Simon W. Baxter et al.   PLoS Genetics

Genomic Hotspots for Adaptation: The Population Genetics of Müllerian Mimicry in Heliconius erato

(2010) Brian A. Counterman et al.   PLoS Genetics

Genetics and ecological speciation

(2009) D. Schluter et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA