Adaptive introgression across species boundaries in Heliconius butterflies
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ir-10336-280752021-10-19T22:13:22Z Adaptive introgression across species boundaries in Heliconius butterflies Introgresión adaptativa a través de límites de especies en mariposas Heliconius Pardo-Diaz, Carolina Salazar, Camilo Baxter, Simon W. Wilsea,Claire Merot Figueiredo-Ready, Wilsea Joron,Mathieu McMillan,Owen Jiggins,Chris D. Mariposas Heliconius Hibridación H. melpomene H. cydno H. timareta y H. heurippa Butterflies Heliconius Hybridization H. melpomene H. cydno H. timareta and H. heurippa de la Universidad del Rosario. It is widely documented that hybridisation occurs between many closely related species, but the importance of introgression in adaptive evolution remains unclear, especially in animals. Here, we have examined the role of introgressive hybridisation in transferring adaptations between mimetic Heliconius butterflies, taking advantage of the recent identification of a gene regulating red wing patterns in this genus. By sequencing regions both linked and unlinked to the red colour locus, we found a region that displays an almost perfect genotype by phenotype association across four species, H. melpomene, H. cydno, H. timareta, and H. heurippa. This particular segment is located 70 kb downstream of the red colour specification gene optix, and coalescent analysis indicates repeated introgression of adaptive alleles from H. melpomene into the H. cydno species clade. Our analytical methods complement recent genome scale data for the same region and suggest adaptive introgression has a crucial role in generating adaptive wing colour diversity in this group of butterflies. 2012-06-21 2020-08-19T14:45:36Z info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion ISSN: 1553-7404 https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/28075 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1002752 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess application/pdf Plos PLoS Genetics |
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Mariposas Heliconius Hibridación H. melpomene H. cydno H. timareta y H. heurippa Butterflies Heliconius Hybridization H. melpomene H. cydno H. timareta and H. heurippa |
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Mariposas Heliconius Hibridación H. melpomene H. cydno H. timareta y H. heurippa Butterflies Heliconius Hybridization H. melpomene H. cydno H. timareta and H. heurippa Pardo-Diaz, Carolina Salazar, Camilo Baxter, Simon W. Wilsea,Claire Merot Figueiredo-Ready, Wilsea Joron,Mathieu McMillan,Owen Jiggins,Chris D. Adaptive introgression across species boundaries in Heliconius butterflies |
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de la Universidad del Rosario. |
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Artículo (Article) |
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Pardo-Diaz, Carolina Salazar, Camilo Baxter, Simon W. Wilsea,Claire Merot Figueiredo-Ready, Wilsea Joron,Mathieu McMillan,Owen Jiggins,Chris D. |
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Pardo-Diaz, Carolina Salazar, Camilo Baxter, Simon W. Wilsea,Claire Merot Figueiredo-Ready, Wilsea Joron,Mathieu McMillan,Owen Jiggins,Chris D. |
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Pardo-Diaz, Carolina |
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Adaptive introgression across species boundaries in Heliconius butterflies |
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Adaptive introgression across species boundaries in Heliconius butterflies |
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Adaptive introgression across species boundaries in Heliconius butterflies |
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Adaptive introgression across species boundaries in Heliconius butterflies |
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Adaptive introgression across species boundaries in Heliconius butterflies |
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adaptive introgression across species boundaries in heliconius butterflies |
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https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/28075 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1002752 |
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