Neotropical Heliconius butterflies display a diversity of warningly colored wing patterns,
which serve roles in both Müllerian mimicry and mate choice behavior. Wing pattern …

Background Heliconius butterfly wing pattern diversity offers a unique opportunity to
investigate how natural genetic variation can drive the evolution of complex adaptive …

Recent studies indicate that relatively few genomic regions are repeatedly involved in the
evolution of Heliconius butterfly wing patterns. Although this work demonstrates a number of …

The neotropical butterflies Heliconius melpomene and H. erato are Müllerian mimics that
display the same warningly colored wing patterns in local populations, yet pattern diversity …

Background With over 20 parapatric races differing in their warningly colored wing patterns,
the butterfly Heliconius erato provides a fascinating example of an adaptive radiation …

Wing pattern evolution in Heliconius butterflies provides some of the most striking examples
of adaptation by natural selection. The genes controlling pattern variation are classic …

Identifying the genomic changes that control morphological variation and understanding
how they generate diversity is a major goal of evolutionary biology. In Heliconius butterflies …

Butterfly wing patterns have emerged as exceptional model systems with which to link the
developmental and genetic processes that generate morphological variation with the …

Identifying the genetic changes driving adaptive variation in natural populations is key to
understanding the origins of biodiversity. The mosaic of mimetic wing patterns in Heliconius …

Geographical variation in the mimetic wing patterns of the butterfly Heliconius erato is a
textbook example of adaptive polymorphism; however, little is known about how this …