Hybrid zones and the speciation continuum in Heliconius butterflies

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 5643-5645

  Mallet, James ^a,b   Dasmahapatra, Kanchon K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

hybridization; phylogeography; population genetics empirical; speciation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BUTTERFLY; CHIMERA; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; POPULATION GENETICS; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; CHIMERA; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; MALE;

ANAS; HELICONIUS; HELICONIUS CYDNO; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 84870219669     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12058     Document Type: Review

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