Adaptive introgression across species boundaries in Heliconius butterflies

de la Universidad del Rosario.

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Autores Principales: 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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Publicado: Plos 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/28075
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spelling 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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language Inglés (English)
topic Mariposas Heliconius
Hibridación
H. melpomene
H. cydno
H. timareta y H. heurippa
Butterflies Heliconius
Hybridization
H. melpomene
H. cydno
H. timareta and H. heurippa
spellingShingle 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
description de la Universidad del Rosario.
format Artículo (Article)
author Pardo-Diaz, Carolina
Salazar, Camilo
Baxter, Simon W.
Wilsea,Claire Merot
Figueiredo-Ready, Wilsea
Joron,Mathieu
McMillan,Owen
Jiggins,Chris D.
author_facet Pardo-Diaz, Carolina
Salazar, Camilo
Baxter, Simon W.
Wilsea,Claire Merot
Figueiredo-Ready, Wilsea
Joron,Mathieu
McMillan,Owen
Jiggins,Chris D.
author_sort Pardo-Diaz, Carolina
title Adaptive introgression across species boundaries in Heliconius butterflies
title_short Adaptive introgression across species boundaries in Heliconius butterflies
title_full Adaptive introgression across species boundaries in Heliconius butterflies
title_fullStr Adaptive introgression across species boundaries in Heliconius butterflies
title_full_unstemmed Adaptive introgression across species boundaries in Heliconius butterflies
title_sort adaptive introgression across species boundaries in heliconius butterflies
publisher Plos
publishDate 2012
url https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/28075
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1002752
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