Journal
JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
Volume 28, Issue 8, Pages 1417-1438Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12672
Keywords
adaptation; ecological genomics; gene flow; magic traits; mimicry; Nymphalidae; porous species; reproductive isolation; sensory ecology; speciation
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- Junior Research Fellowship at King's College, Cambridge
- Balfour Studentship, University of Cambridge
- Research Fellowship at St John's College, Cambridge
- Research Fellowship from the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche (France)
- Biology and Biotechnology Research Council (UK)
- British Ecological Society
- European Research Council
- Natural Environment Research Council (UK)
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [BB/G530425/1, BB/H01439X/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- Natural Environment Research Council [1270659, NE/K012886/1, 1364753] Funding Source: researchfish
- BBSRC [BB/H01439X/1, BB/G530425/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- NERC [NE/K008498/1, NE/K012886/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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Research into Heliconius butterflies has made a significant contribution to evolutionary biology. Here, we review our understanding of the diversification of these butterflies, covering recent advances and a vast foundation of earlier work. Whereas no single group of organisms can be sufficient for understanding life's diversity, after years of intensive study, research into Heliconiushas addressed a wide variety of evolutionary questions. We first discuss evidence for widespread gene flow betweenHeliconius species and what this reveals about the nature of species. We then address the evolution and diversity of warning patterns, both as the target of selection and with respect to their underlying genetic basis. The identification of major genes involved in mimetic shifts, and homology at these loci between distantly related taxa, has revealed a surprising predictability in the genetic basis of evolution. In the final sections, we consider the evolution of warning patterns, and Heliconius diversity more generally, within a broader context of ecological and sexual selection. We consider how different traits and modes of selection can interact and influence the evolution of reproductive isolation.
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