Genetic evidence for hybrid trait speciation in heliconius butterflies.

Homoploid hybrid speciation is the formation of a new hybrid species without change in chromosome number. So far, there has been a lack of direct molecular evidence for hybridization generating novel traits directly involved in animal speciation. Heliconius butterflies exhibit bright aposematic colo...

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Main Authors: Camilo Salazar, Simon W Baxter, Carolina Pardo-Diaz, Grace Wu, Alison Surridge, Mauricio Linares, Eldredge Bermingham, Chris D Jiggins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-04-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2861694?pdf=render