How does biological diversification occur in the face of genetic exchange? How do reproductive barriers evolve and function? What is the role of adaptive traits in promoting diversification and speciation? These open questions in evolutionary biology are at the core of this project. In order to tackle them, we have focused on butterflies in the neo-tropical genus which are an important component of the diverse butterfly communities in the Neo-tropics. Butterflies in the genus Heliconius are unpalatable to predators, use warning colours to advertise their defences, and mimic other defended butterflies in their local communities. The genus has undergone an adaptive radiation in wing colour patterns as a result of natural selection for mimicry...
The evolutionary importance of hybridization and introgression has long been debated1. Hybrids are u...
BACKGROUND: A key to understanding the origins of species is determining the evolut...
Journal ArticleResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov'tResearch Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.We studied wh...
Comment la diversification biologique peut-elle avoir lieu malgré les échanges génétiques? Comment l...
Abstract Debates about the possibility of divergence in the face of gene flow have been an ongoin...
10 pagesInternational audienceUnderstanding the genetic architecture of adaptive traits has been at ...
Identifying the genetic changes driving adaptive variation in natural populations is key to understa...
Huber B, Whibley A, Poul YL, et al. Conservatism and novelty in the genetic architecture of adaptati...
It is widely documented that hybridisation occurs between many closely related species, but the impo...
Butterflies display extreme variation in wing shape, colour and flight behaviour associated with a t...
Butterflies are among the best studied animals, but despite the research efforts carried out during ...
Research into Heliconius butterflies has made a significant contribution to evolutionary biology. He...
The process by which species evolve can be illuminated by investigating barriers that limit gene flo...
Evolutionary Developmental Biology aims for a mechanistic understanding of phenotypic diversity, and...
Changes in the way animals perceive and respond to the environment are key to adaptation and speciat...
The evolutionary importance of hybridization and introgression has long been debated1. Hybrids are u...
BACKGROUND: A key to understanding the origins of species is determining the evolut...
Journal ArticleResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov'tResearch Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.We studied wh...
Comment la diversification biologique peut-elle avoir lieu malgré les échanges génétiques? Comment l...
Abstract Debates about the possibility of divergence in the face of gene flow have been an ongoin...
10 pagesInternational audienceUnderstanding the genetic architecture of adaptive traits has been at ...
Identifying the genetic changes driving adaptive variation in natural populations is key to understa...
Huber B, Whibley A, Poul YL, et al. Conservatism and novelty in the genetic architecture of adaptati...
It is widely documented that hybridisation occurs between many closely related species, but the impo...
Butterflies display extreme variation in wing shape, colour and flight behaviour associated with a t...
Butterflies are among the best studied animals, but despite the research efforts carried out during ...
Research into Heliconius butterflies has made a significant contribution to evolutionary biology. He...
The process by which species evolve can be illuminated by investigating barriers that limit gene flo...
Evolutionary Developmental Biology aims for a mechanistic understanding of phenotypic diversity, and...
Changes in the way animals perceive and respond to the environment are key to adaptation and speciat...
The evolutionary importance of hybridization and introgression has long been debated1. Hybrids are u...
BACKGROUND: A key to understanding the origins of species is determining the evolut...
Journal ArticleResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov'tResearch Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.We studied wh...