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| Open AccessReply to “Convergent and divergent selection in sympatry drive plumage evolution in woodpeckers”
- Eliot T. Miller
- , Gavin M. Leighton
- & Russell A. Ligon
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| Open AccessA shared genetic basis of mimicry across swallowtail butterflies points to ancestral co-option of doublesex
Polymorphic mimicry in Papilio swallowtail butterflies is thought to have had multiple independent origins. Here, the authors show that the gene doublesex controls mimicry across multiple species, but with distinct alleles that may have originated from an ancestral polymorphism.
- Daniela H. Palmer
- & Marcus R. Kronforst
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| Open AccessEcological and geographical overlap drive plumage evolution and mimicry in woodpeckers
Many abiotic and biotic factors shape the macroevolution of phenotype, but these factors are rarely disentangled across large radiations. Here, Miller et al. investigate plumage evolution across woodpeckers, finding influences of habitat and climate, but also convergence apparently driven by mimicry
- Eliot T. Miller
- , Gavin M. Leighton
- & Russell A. Ligon
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| Open AccessTracing the origin and evolution of supergene mimicry in butterflies
Wing pattern mimicry in the butterfly Papilio polytes is controlled by a single Mendelian locus, the mimicry supergene doublesex. Here, Zhang and colleagues reconstruct the complex evolutionary history of the doublesex supergene and mimicry in the Papilio polytes species group.
- Wei Zhang
- , Erica Westerman
- & Marcus R. Kronforst
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| Open AccessCoral snakes predict the evolution of mimicry across New World snakes
Toxic and venomous species often have conspicuous warning colouration that is mimicked by harmless species. Here, Davis Rabosky et al. combine phylogenetic and biogeographic analyses to reveal that mimicry of venomous coral snakes has been a major driver of snake colour evolution in the New World.
- Alison R. Davis Rabosky
- , Christian L. Cox
- & Jimmy A. McGuire
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| Open AccessEvolution of dominance mechanisms at a butterfly mimicry supergene
The evolution of genetic dominance in polymorphic traits remains poorly understood. Here, the authors show that distinct dominance mechanisms have evolved in association with supergene inversions controlling wing pattern in Heliconiusbutterflies, in response to strong selection favouring mimicry.
- Yann Le Poul
- , Annabel Whibley
- & Mathieu Joron
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| Open AccessAncient homology underlies adaptive mimetic diversity across butterflies
Little is known about the genetic basis of convergent evolution in deeply diverged species. Here, the authors show that variation in the WntAgene is associated with parallel wing pattern variation in two butterflies that diverged more than 65 million years ago.
- Jason R. Gallant
- , Vance E. Imhoff
- & Sean P. Mullen