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Tracing the origin and evolution of supergene mimicry in butterflies

Supergene mimicry is a striking phenomenon but we know little about the evolution of this trait in any species. Here, by studying genomes of butterflies from a recent radiation in which supergene mimicry has been isolated to the gene doublesex, we show that sexually dimorphic mimicry and female-limi...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Wei, Westerman, Erica, Nitzany, Eyal, Palmer, Stephanie, Kronforst, Marcus R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5677128/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29116078
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01370-1