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PLoS Biology, 2021 Plants and insects often use the same compounds for chemical communication, but not much is known about the genetics of convergent evolution of chemical signals.
Kathy Darragh +14 more
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Insects and Survival: A Review of Primary and Secondary Defense Strategies
Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, Volume 174, Issue 7, Page 601-624, July 2026.Based on a review of three decades of literature, insect defense mechanisms are classified into primary (I) and secondary (II) mechanisms of behavioral, morphological, and chemical nature. These mechanisms have been recorded in 22 (I) and 20 (II) orders, respectively.
Lucas Fernandes Silva +3 more
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Disruptive sexual selection against hybrids contributes to speciation betweenHeliconius cydnoandHeliconius melpomene [PDF]
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences, 2001 Understanding the fate of hybrids in wild populations is fundamental to understanding speciation. Here we provide evidence for disruptive sexual selection against hybrids between Heliconius cydno and Heliconius melpomene. The two species are sympatric across most of Central and Andean South America, and coexist despite a low level of hybridization.
Naisbit, Russell E. +2 more
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Heliconius erato emma (Peru) images
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Morrison, Anna +19 more
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Nature Communications, 2023 Heliconius butterflies, a speciose genus of Müllerian mimics, represent a classic example of an adaptive radiation that includes a range of derived dietary, life history, physiological and neural traits. However, key lineages within the genus, and across
Francesco Cicconardi +14 more
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Shifting Balancing Selection Underlies an Inversion Cline in Eurasian Blackcap
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 6, June 2026.We investigated what factor contributes to a cline of a chromosomal inversion of the Eurasian blackcap, which differs from typical inversion clines maintained by divergent selection. Using a simulation‐based machine learning approach, we found that the inversion is under negative frequency‐dependent selection, and the optimal frequency is shifted ...
Jun Ishigohoka, Miriam Liedvogel
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Heliconius erato hybrids (Peru) images
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Morrison, Anna +19 more
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Summer Rainfall Drives Adaptation with Gene Flow in a Widespread Butterfly
Molecular Ecology, Volume 35, Issue 12, June 2026.ABSTRACT Understanding how environmental variation interacts with gene flow to shape population genomic patterns is a central goal in evolutionary biology. We investigated how geographic and environmental differences impact genetic variation in the clouded sulfur butterfly (Colias philodice eriphyle) by conducting whole‐genome resequencing across ...
Lily F. Durkee +5 more
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Female behaviour drives expression and evolution of gustatory receptors in butterflies.
PLoS Genetics, 2013 Secondary plant compounds are strong deterrents of insect oviposition and feeding, but may also be attractants for specialist herbivores. These insect-plant interactions are mediated by insect gustatory receptors (Grs) and olfactory receptors (Ors).
Adriana D Briscoe +11 more
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Molecular Ecology, Volume 35, Issue 11, June 2026.ABSTRACT While adaptive radiations significantly contribute to the world's biodiversity, much is unknown about the genetic and ecological factors underlying these rapid successions of speciation. It has been suggested that hybridisation can facilitate the speciation process by generating genetic diversity on which diversifying selection can act ...
Els Lea R. De Keyzer +14 more
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