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SUBMITTER: Zhang W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5677128 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhang Wei W Westerman Erica E Nitzany Eyal E Palmer Stephanie S Kronforst Marcus R MR
Nature communications 20171107 1
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-limited polymorphism are evolutionarily related as a result of ancient balancing selection combined with independent origins of similar morphs in different lineages and secondary loss of polymorphism in o ...[more]