Butterfly genome reveals promiscuous exchange of mimicry adaptations among species

Kanchon K. Dasmahapatra,James R. Walters,Adriana D. Briscoe,John W. Davey,Annabel Whibley,Nicola J. Nadeau,Aleksey V. Zimin,Daniel S. T. Hughes,Laura Ferguson,Simon H. Martin,Camilo Salazar,James J. Lewis,Sebastian Adler,Seung-Joon Ahn,Dean A. Baker,Simon W. Baxter,Nicola Chamberlain,Ritika Chauhan,Brian A. Counterman,Tamas Dalmay,Lawrence E. Gilbert,Karl H.J. Gordon,David G. Heckel,Heather M. Hines,Katharina Hoff,Peter W. H. Holland,Emmanuelle Jacquin-Joly,Francis M. Jiggins,Robert T. Jones,Durrell D. Kapan,Paul Kersey,Gerardo Lamas,Daniel Lawson,Daniel Mapleson,Luana S. Maroja,Arnaud Martin,Simon Moxon,William J. Palmer,Riccardo Papa,Alexie Papanicolaou,Yannick Pauchet,David A. Ray,Neil Rosser,Steven L. Salzberg,Megan A. Supple,Alison K. Surridge,Ayşe Tenger-Trolander,Heiko Vogel,Paul A. Wilkinson,Derek Wilson,James A. Yorke,Furong Yuan,Alexi Balmuth,Cathlene Eland,Karim Gharbi,Marian Thomson,Richard A. Gibbs,Yi Han,Joy Jayaseelan,Christie Kovar,Tittu Mathew,Donna M. Muzny,Fiona Ongeri,Ling-Ling Pu,Jiaxin Qu,Rebecca Thornton,Kim C. Worley,Yuanqing Wu,Mauricio Linares,Mark Blaxter,Richard H. ffrench-Constant,Mathieu Joron,Marcus R. Kronforst,Sean P. Mullen,Robert D. Reed,Steven E. Scherer,Stephen Richards,James Mallet,W. Owen McMillan,Chris D. Jiggins

Butterfly genome reveals promiscuous exchange of mimicry adaptations among species

2012

Kanchon K. Dasmahapatra
James R. Walters
Adriana D. Briscoe
John W. Davey
Annabel Whibley
Nicola J. Nadeau
Aleksey V. Zimin
Daniel S. T. Hughes
Laura Ferguson
Simon H. Martin
Camilo Salazar
James J. Lewis
Sebastian Adler
Seung-Joon Ahn
Dean A. Baker
Simon W. Baxter
Nicola Chamberlain
Ritika Chauhan
Brian A. Counterman
Tamas Dalmay
Lawrence E. Gilbert
Karl H.J. Gordon
David G. Heckel
Heather M. Hines
Katharina Hoff
Peter W. H. Holland
Emmanuelle Jacquin-Joly
Francis M. Jiggins
Robert T. Jones
Durrell D. Kapan
Paul Kersey
Gerardo Lamas
Daniel Lawson
Daniel Mapleson
Luana S. Maroja
Arnaud Martin
Simon Moxon
William J. Palmer
Riccardo Papa
Alexie Papanicolaou
Yannick Pauchet
David A. Ray
Neil Rosser
Steven L. Salzberg
Megan A. Supple
Alison K. Surridge
Ayşe Tenger-Trolander
Heiko Vogel
Paul A. Wilkinson
Derek Wilson
James A. Yorke
Furong Yuan
Alexi Balmuth
Cathlene Eland
Karim Gharbi
Marian Thomson
Richard A. Gibbs
Yi Han
Joy Jayaseelan
Christie Kovar
Tittu Mathew
Donna M. Muzny
Fiona Ongeri
Ling-Ling Pu
Jiaxin Qu
Rebecca Thornton
Kim C. Worley
Yuanqing Wu
Mauricio Linares
Mark Blaxter
Richard H. ffrench-Constant
Mathieu Joron
Marcus R. Kronforst
Sean P. Mullen
Robert D. Reed
Steven E. Scherer
Stephen Richards
James Mallet
W. Owen McMillan
Chris D. Jiggins

Sequencing of the genome of the butterfly Heliconius melpomene shows that closely related Heliconius species exchange protective colour-pattern genes promiscuously.

Keywords:

Genomics
Heliconius cydno
Evolutionary biology
Mimicry
Butterfly
Genome
Genetics
Heliconius
Heliconius melpomene
Synteny
Biology
Gene flow

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