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SUBMITTER: Young FJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7735275 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Young Fletcher J FJ Montgomery Stephen H SH
Proceedings. Biological sciences 20201111 1938
Major evolutionary transitions can be triggered by behavioural novelty, and are often associated with 'adaptive suites', which involve shifts in multiple co-adapted traits subject to complex interactions. <i>Heliconius</i> butterflies represent one such example, actively feeding on pollen, a behaviour unique among butterflies. Pollen feeding permits a prolonged reproductive lifespan, and co-occurs with a constellation of behavioural, neuroanatomical, life history, morphological and physiological ...[more]