A widely diverged locus involved in locomotor adaptation in <i>Heliconius</i> butterflies
Yubo Zhang, Dequn Teng, Wei Lu, Min Liu, Hua Zeng, Lei Cao, Laura Southcott, Sushant Potdar, Erica L. Westerman, Alan Jian Zhu, Wei Zhang
Abstract
butterflies and acts as an introgression hotspot. We further show that this locus contains multiple genes related to locomotion and conserved in Lepidoptera. In light of these findings, we consider that locomotion traits may be under selection, and if these are heritable traits that are selected for, then they might act as species barriers.
Topics & Concepts
HeliconiusLocus (genetics)BiologyIntrogressionAdaptation (eye)NymphalidaeEvolutionary biologyButterflyEcologyGeneticsNeuroscienceGeneNeurobiology and Insect Physiology ResearchInsect and Arachnid Ecology and BehaviorLepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy