Ecological and genetic factors influencing the transition between host-use strategies in sympatric Heliconius butterflies

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1959-1967

  Merrill, R M ^a,b   Naisbit, R E ^c   Mallet, J ^d   Jiggins, C D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Genetic linkage; Host plant use; Lepidoptera; Speciation

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; COEXISTENCE; DIVERGENCE; GENOME; HERBIVORE; HOST PLANT; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; SECONDARY FOREST; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SYMPATRY;

HELICONIUS; HELICONIUS CYDNO; HELICONIUS MELPOMENE; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA; PASSIFLORA; PASSIFLORA MENISPERMIFOLIA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; COEXISTENCE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HOST-PLANT USE; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; PANAMA; PARASITOLOGY; PASSIFLORA; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SURVIVAL;

COEXISTENCE; GENETIC LINKAGE; HOST-PLANT USE; LEPIDOPTERA; SPECIATION;

ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; LARVA; PANAMA; PASSIFLORA; PIGMENTATION; SELECTION, GENETIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84882602636     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12194     Document Type: Article

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