Ecology and Evolution of Heliconius butterflies – available from Amazon and OUP.
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Recent publications
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Edelman, N. B. et al. Genomic architecture and introgression shape a butterfly radiation. Science 366, 594–599 (2019). Download
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Hanly, J. J., Wallbank, R. W. R., McMillan, W. O. & Jiggins, C. D. Conservation and flexibility in the gene regulatory landscape of heliconiine butterfly wings. EvoDevo 10, 15 (2019). Download
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Moest, M. et al. Classic and introgressed selective sweeps shape mimicry loci across a butterfly adaptive radiation. bioRxiv 685685 (2019). http://doi.org/10.1101/685685 Download
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Martin, S. H., Davey, J. W., Salazar, C. & Jiggins, C. D. Recombination rate variation shapes barriers to introgression across butterfly genomes. PLOS Biology 17, e2006288 (2019). Download
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Merrill, R. M. et al. Genetic dissection of assortative mating behavior. PLOS Biology 17, e2005902 (2019). Download
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Darragh, K. et al. Male pheromone composition depends on larval but not adult diet in Heliconius melpomene. Ecological Entomology 0, (2019). Download
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Pinharanda, A. et al. Sexually dimorphic gene expression and transcriptome evolution provide mixed evidence for a fast-Z effect in Heliconius. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 32, 194–204 (2019). Download
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Belleghem, S. M. V. et al. Patterns of Z chromosome divergence among Heliconius species highlight the importance of historical demography. Molecular Ecology 27, 3852–3872 (2018). Download
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Arias, M. et al. Generalisation behaviour of predators toward warning signals displayed by harmful prey: answers from a videogame played by humans. bioRxiv 409557 (2018). http://doi.org/10.1101/409557 Download
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Dell’Aglio, D. D., Troscianko, J., McMillan, W. O., Stevens, M. & Jiggins, C. D. The appearance of mimetic Heliconius butterflies to predators and conspecifics. Evolution 72, 2156–2166 (2018). Download
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Belleghem, S. M. V. et al. patternize: An R package for quantifying colour pattern variation. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 9, 390–398 (2018). Download
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Clerici, N. et al. Peace in Colombia is a critical moment for Neotropical connectivity and conservation: Save the northern Andes–Amazon biodiversity bridge. Conservation Letters 0, e12594 (2018). Download
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Martin, S. H. & Jiggins, C. D. Interpreting the genomic landscape of introgression. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development 47, 69–74 (2017). Download
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Darragh, K. et al. Male sex pheromone components in Heliconius butterflies released by the androconia affect female choice. PeerJ 5, e3953 (2017). Download
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Mazo-Vargas, A. et al. Macroevolutionary shifts of WntA function potentiate butterfly wing-pattern diversity. PNAS 114, 10701–10706 (2017). Download
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Mann, F. et al. The Scent Chemistry of Heliconius Wing Androconia. J Chem Ecol 1–15 (2017). http://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-017-0867-3 Download
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Cuthill, I. C. et al. The biology of color. Science 357, eaan0221 (2017). Download
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Jiggins, C. D. & Martin, S. H. Glittering gold and the quest for Isla de Muerta. J. Evol. Biol. 30, 1509–1511 (2017). Download
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Mérot, C., Salazar, C., Merrill, R. M., Jiggins, C. D. & Joron, M. What shapes the continuum of reproductive isolation? Lessons from Heliconius butterflies. Proc. R. Soc. B 284, 20170335 (2017). Download
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Willmott, K. R., Willmott, J. C. R., Elias, M. & Jiggins, C. D. Maintaining mimicry diversity: optimal warning colour patterns differ among microhabitats in Amazonian clearwing butterflies. Proc. R. Soc. B 284, 20170744 (2017). Download
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De-Silva, D. L. et al. North Andean origin and diversification of the largest ithomiine butterfly genus. Scientific Reports 7, srep45966 (2017). Download
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Jiggins, C. D., Wallbank, R. W. R. & Hanly, J. J. Waiting in the wings: what can we learn about gene co-option from the diversification of butterfly wing patterns? Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 372, 20150485 (2017). Download
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Belleghem, S. M. V. et al. Complex modular architecture around a simple toolkit of wing pattern genes. Nature Ecology & Evolution 1, 0052 (2017). Download
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Pinharanda, A., Martin, S. H., Barker, S. L., Davey, J. W. & Jiggins, C. D. The comparative landscape of duplications in Heliconius melpomene and Heliconius cydno. Heredity 118, 78–87 (2017). Download
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Van Belleghem, S. M. et al. patternize: An R package for quantifying colour pattern variation. Methods Ecol Evol 9, 390–398 (2017). Download
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Jiggins, C. D. What Can We Learn About Adaptation from the Wing Pattern Genetics of Heliconius Butterflies? | SpringerLink. in Diversity and Evolution of Butterfly Wing Patterns (Springer Nature, 2017).
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Davey, J. W. et al. No evidence for maintenance of a sympatric Heliconius species barrier by chromosomal inversions. Evolution Letters 1–3, 138–154 (2017). Download
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Arias, C. F. et al. A new subspecies in a Heliconius butterfly adaptive radiation (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Zool J Linn Soc (2017). http://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlw010 Download
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Chazot, N. et al. Into the Andes: multiple independent colonizations drive montane diversity in the Neotropical clearwing butterflies Godyridina. Mol Ecol 25, 5765–5784 (2016). Download
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Yu, Q.-Y., Fang, S.-M., Zhang, Z. & Jiggins, C. D. The transcriptome response of Heliconius melpomene larvae to a novel host plant. Mol Ecol 25, 4850–4865 (2016). Download
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Nadeau, N. J. et al. The gene cortex controls mimicry and crypsis in butterflies and moths. Nature 534, 106–110 (2016). Download
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Dell’aglio, D. D., Stevens, M. & Jiggins, C. D. Avoidance of an aposematically coloured butterfly by wild birds in a tropical forest. Ecol Entomol 41, 627–632 (2016). Download
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Martin, S. H. et al. Natural selection and genetic diversity in the butterfly Heliconius melpomene. Genetics 203, 525–541 (2016). Download
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Wallbank, R. W. R. et al. Evolutionary novelty in a butterfly wing pattern through enhancer shuffling. PLoS Biol 14, e1002353 (2016).
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Davey, J. W. et al. Major Improvements to the Heliconius melpomene Genome Assembly Used to Confirm 10 Chromosome Fusion Events in 6 Million Years of Butterfly Evolution. G3 g3.115.023655 (2016). http://doi.org/10.1534/g3.115.023655 Download
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Jiggins, C. D. A flamboyant behavioral polymorphism is controlled by a lethal supergene. Nat Genet 48, 7–8 (2016). Download
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Rodrigues, A. S. B. et al. Assessing genotype-phenotype associations in three dorsal colour morphs in the meadow spittlebug Philaenus spumarius (L.) (Hemiptera: Aphrophoridae) using genomic and transcriptomic resources. BMC Genetics 17, 144 (2016). Download
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Dell’aglio, D. D., Losada, M. E. & Jiggins, C. D. Butterfly Learning and the Diversification of Plant Leaf Shape. Front. Ecol. Evol. 4, 81 (2016). Download
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van Schooten, B., Jiggins, C. D., Briscoe, A. D. & Papa, R. Genome-wide analysis of ionotropic receptors provides insight into their evolution in Heliconius butterflies. BMC Genomics 17, 254 (2016). Download
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Walters, J. R., Hardcastle, T. J. & Jiggins, C. D. Sex Chromosome Dosage Compensation in Heliconius Butterflies: Global yet Still Incomplete? Genome Biol Evol 7, 2545–2559 (2015). Download
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Merrill, R. M. et al. The diversification of Heliconius butterflies: what have we learned in 150 years? J. Evol. Biol. 28, 1417–1438 (2015). Download
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Harpel, D., Cullen, D. A., Ott, S. R., Jiggins, C. D. & Walters, J. R. Pollen feeding proteomics: Salivary proteins of the passion flower butterfly, Heliconius melpomene. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 63, 7–13 (2015). Download
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Sánchez, A. P. et al. An introgressed wing pattern acts as a mating cue. Evolution 69, 1619–1629 (2015). Download
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Kozak, K. M. et al. Multilocus Species Trees Show the Recent Adaptive Radiation of the Mimetic Heliconius Butterflies. Syst Biol 64, 505–524 (2015). Download
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Martin, S. H., Eriksson, A., Kozak, K. M., Manica, A. & Jiggins, C. D. Speciation in Heliconius Butterflies: Minimal Contact Followed by Millions of Generations of Hybridisation. bioRxiv 015800 (2015). http://doi.org/10.1101/015800 Download
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Pardo-Diaz, C., Salazar, C. & Jiggins, C. D. Towards the identification of the loci of adaptive evolution. Methods Ecol Evol 6, 445–464 (2015). Download
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Hornett, E. A. et al. The Evolution of Sex Ratio Distorter Suppression Affects a 25 cM Genomic Region in the Butterfly Hypolimnas bolina. PLoS Genet 10, e1004822 (2014). Download
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Keightley, P. D. et al. Estimation of the spontaneous mutation rate in Heliconius melpomene. Mol Biol Evol msu302 (2014). http://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msu302 Download
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Jiggins, C. & Peichel, C. Speciation Genetics and Genomics. (2014).