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Adaptive introgression across species boundaries in Heliconius butterflies

dc.creatorPardo Díaz, Geimy Carolinaspa
dc.creatorSalazar, Camilospa
dc.creatorBaxter, Simon W.spa
dc.creatorWilsea,Claire Merotspa
dc.creatorFigueiredo-Ready, Wilseaspa
dc.creatorJoron,Mathieuspa
dc.creatorMcMillan,Owenspa
dc.creatorJiggins,Chris D.spa
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-19T14:45:36Z
dc.date.available2020-08-19T14:45:36Z
dc.date.created2012-06-21spa
dc.descriptionde la Universidad del Rosario.spa
dc.description.abstractIt is widely documented that hybridisation occurs between many closely related species, but the importance of introgression in adaptive evolution remains unclear, especially in animals. Here, we have examined the role of introgressive hybridisation in transferring adaptations between mimetic Heliconius butterflies, taking advantage of the recent identification of a gene regulating red wing patterns in this genus. By sequencing regions both linked and unlinked to the red colour locus, we found a region that displays an almost perfect genotype by phenotype association across four species, H. melpomene, H. cydno, H. timareta, and H. heurippa. This particular segment is located 70 kb downstream of the red colour specification gene optix, and coalescent analysis indicates repeated introgression of adaptive alleles from H. melpomene into the H. cydno species clade. Our analytical methods complement recent genome scale data for the same region and suggest adaptive introgression has a crucial role in generating adaptive wing colour diversity in this group of butterflies.spa
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dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1002752
dc.identifier.issnISSN: 1553-7404
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/28075
dc.language.isoengspa
dc.publisherPlosspa
dc.relation.citationEndPage13
dc.relation.citationIssueNo. 6
dc.relation.citationStartPage1
dc.relation.citationTitlePLoS Genetics
dc.relation.citationVolumeVol. 8
dc.relation.ispartofPlos Genetics, ISSN:1553-7404, Vol.8, No.6(Junio 2012);pp.1-13spa
dc.relation.urihttps://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1002752&type=printablespa
dc.rights.accesRightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights.accesoAbierto (Texto Completo)spa
dc.sourcePLoS Geneticsspa
dc.source.instnameinstname:Universidad del Rosario
dc.source.reponamereponame:Repositorio Institucional EdocUR
dc.subjectMariposas Heliconiusspa
dc.subjectHibridaciónspa
dc.subjectH. melpomenespa
dc.subjectH. cydnospa
dc.subjectH. timareta y H. heurippaspa
dc.subject.keywordButterflies Heliconiusspa
dc.subject.keywordHybridizationspa
dc.subject.keywordH. melpomenespa
dc.subject.keywordH. cydnospa
dc.subject.keywordH. timareta and H. heurippaspa
dc.titleAdaptive introgression across species boundaries in Heliconius butterfliesspa
dc.title.TranslatedTitleIntrogresión adaptativa a través de límites de especies en mariposas Heliconiusspa
dc.typearticleeng
dc.type.hasVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dc.type.spaArtículospa
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