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    Butterfly genome reveals promiscuous exchange of mimicry adaptations among species

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    This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/).
    Date Issued
    2012-07-05
    Publisher Version
    10.1038/nature11041
    Author(s)
    Dasmahapatra, Kanchon K.
    Walters, James R.
    Briscoe, Adriana D.
    Davey, John W.
    Whibley, Annabel
    Nadeau, Nicola J.
    Zimin, Aleksey V.
    Hughes, Daniel S.T.
    Ferguson, Laura C.
    Martin, Simon H.
    Salazar, Camilo
    Lewis, James J.
    Adler, Sebastian
    Ahn, Seung-Joon
    Baker, Dean A.
    Baxter, Simon W.
    Chamberlain, Nicola L.
    Chauhan, Ritika
    Counterman, Brian A.
    Dalmay, Tamas
    Gilbert, Lawrence E.
    Gordon, Karl
    Heckel, David G.
    Hines, Heather M.
    Hoff, Katharina J.
    Holland, Peter W.H.
    Jacquin-Joly, Emmanuelle
    Jiggins, Francis M.
    Jones, Robert T.
    Kapan, Durrell D.
    Kersey, Paul
    Lamas, Gerardo
    Lawson, Daniel
    Mapleson, Daniel
    Maroja, Luana S.
    Martin, Arnaud
    Moxon, Simon
    Palmer, William J.
    Papa, Riccardo
    Papanicolaou, Alexie
    Pauchet, Yannick
    Ray, David A.
    Rosser, Neil
    Salzberg, Steven L.
    Supple, Megan A.
    Surridge, Alison
    Tenger-Trolander, Ayse
    Vogel, Heiko
    Wilkinson, Paul A.
    Wilson, Derek
    Yorke, James A.
    Yuan, Furong
    Balmuth, Alexi L.
    Eland, Cathlene
    Gharbi, Karim
    Thomson, Marian
    Gibbs, Richard A.
    Han, Yi
    Jayaseelan, Joy C.
    Kovar, Christie
    Mathew, Tittu
    Muzny, Donna M.
    Ongeri, Fiona
    Pu, Ling-Ling
    Qu, Jiaxin
    Thornton, Rebecca L.
    Worley, Kim C.
    Wu, Yuan-Qing
    Linares, Mauricio
    Blaxter, Mark L.
    Ffrench-Constant, Richard H.
    Joron, Mathieu
    Kronforst, Marcus R.
    Mullen, Sean P.
    Reed, Robert D.
    Scherer, Steven E.
    Richards, Stephen
    Mallet, James
    McMillan, W. Owen
    Jiggins, Chris D.
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    Kanchon K Dasmahapatra, James R Walters, Adriana D Briscoe, John W Davey, Annabel Whibley, Nicola J Nadeau, Aleksey V Zimin, Daniel ST Hughes, Laura C Ferguson, Simon H Martin, Camilo Salazar, James J Lewis, Sebastian Adler, Seung-Joon Ahn, Dean A Baker, Simon W Baxter, Nicola L Chamberlain, Ritika Chauhan, Brian A Counterman, Tamas Dalmay, Lawrence E Gilbert, Karl Gordon, David G Heckel, Heather M Hines, Katharina J Hoff, Peter WH 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 Surridge, Ayse Tenger-Trolander, Heiko Vogel, Paul A Wilkinson, Derek Wilson, James A Yorke, Furong Yuan, Alexi L Balmuth, Cathlene Eland, Karim Gharbi, Marian Thomson, Richard A Gibbs, Yi Han, Joy C Jayaseelan, Christie Kovar, Tittu Mathew, Donna M Muzny, Fiona Ongeri, Ling-Ling Pu, Jiaxin Qu, Rebecca L Thornton, Kim C Worley, Yuan-Qing Wu, Mauricio Linares, Mark L 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. 2012. "Butterfly genome reveals promiscuous exchange of mimicry adaptations among species." NATURE, Volume 487, Issue 7405, pp. 94 - 98 (5). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature11041
    Abstract
    The evolutionary importance of hybridization and introgression has long been debated1. Hybrids are usually rare and unfit, but even infrequent hybridization can aid adaptation by transferring beneficial traits between species. Here we use genomic tools to investigate introgression in Heliconius, a rapidly radiating genus of neotropical butterflies widely used in studies of ecology, behaviour, mimicry and speciation2,3,4,5. We sequenced the genome of Heliconius melpomene and compared it with other taxa to investigate chromosomal evolution in Lepidoptera and gene flow among multiple Heliconius species and races. Among 12,669 predicted genes, biologically important expansions of families of chemosensory and Hox genes are particularly noteworthy. Chromosomal organization has remained broadly conserved since the Cretaceous period, when butterflies split from the Bombyx (silkmoth) lineage. Using genomic resequencing, we show hybrid exchange of genes between three co-mimics, Heliconius melpomene, Heliconius timareta and Heliconius elevatus, especially at two genomic regions that control mimicry pattern. We infer that closely related Heliconius species exchange protective colour-pattern genes promiscuously, implying that hybridization has an important role in adaptive radiation.
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