Wing patterning genes and coevolution of Müllerian mimicry in Heliconius butterflies: Support from phylogeography, cophylogeny, and divergence times

Evolution

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 3082-3096

  Hoyal Cuthill, Jennifer F ^a   Charleston, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Coevolution; Morphological evolution; Phylogenetics; Phylogeography

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BUTTERFLY; COEVOLUTION; COLOR MORPH; DIVERGENCE; GENETIC MARKER; MIMICRY; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; WING MORPHOLOGY;

HELICONIUS; HELICONIUS ERATO; HELICONIUS MELPOMENE; PAPILIONOIDEA;

INSECT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MIMICRY; BUTTERFLY; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; WING;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOLOGICAL MIMICRY; BUTTERFLIES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; INSECT PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PIGMENTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WINGS, ANIMAL;

EID: 84954455620     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12812     Document Type: Article

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