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African Queens find mates when males are rare by Rutagarama, Vincent P., Ireri, Piera M., Sibomana, Constantin, Omufwoko, Kennedy S., Martin, Simon H., ffrench‐Constant, Richard H., Eckardt, Winnie, Kaplin, Beth K., Smith, David A. S., Gordon, Ian

“…In butterflies and moths, male‐killing endosymbionts are transmitted from infected females via their eggs, and the male progeny then perish. This means that…”
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Neo Sex Chromosomes, Colour Polymorphism and Male-Killing in the African Queen Butterfly, Danaus chrysippus (L.) by Smith, David A S, Traut, Walther, Martin, Simon H, Ireri, Piera, Omufwoko, Kennedy S, Ffrench-Constant, Richard, Gordon, Ian J

“…(L.), one of the world's commonest butterflies, has an extensive range throughout the Old-World tropics. In Africa it is divided into four geographical…”
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A neo-W chromosome in a tropical butterfly links colour pattern, male-killing, and speciation by Smith, David A. S., Gordon, Ian J., Traut, Walther, Herren, Jeremy, Collins, Steve, Martins, Dino J., Saitoti, Kennedy, Ireri, Piera, ffrench-Constant, Richard

“…Sexually antagonistic selection can drive both the evolution of sex chromosomes and speciation itself. The tropical butterfly the African Queen, Danaus…”
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Global biogeography of warning coloration in the butterfly Danaus chrysippus by Liu, Wanzhen, Smith, David A S, Raina, Gayatri, Stanforth, Rowan, Ng'Iru, Ivy, Ireri, Piera, Martins, Dino J, Gordon, Ian J, Martin, Simon H

“…Warning coloration provides a textbook example of natural selection, but the frequent observation of polymorphism in aposematic species presents an…”
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Hybrid effects in field populations of the African monarch butterfly, Danaus chrysippus (L.) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) by Smith, David As, Bennie, Jon J, Gordon, Ian J, Martin, Simon, Ireri, Piera, Omufwoko, Kennedy S, Ffrench-Constant, Richard H

“…Abstract Heterosis, Haldane and Bateson-Dobzhansky-Muller effects have been widely documented amongst a range of plants and animals. However, typically these…”
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Hologenomic speciation: synergy between a male-killing bacterium and sex-linkage creates a ‘magic trait’ in a butterfly hybrid zone: Hologenomic speciation by Gordon, Ian J., Ireri, Piera, Smith, David A. S.

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A neo-W chromosome in a tropical butterfly links colour pattern, male-killing, and speciation by Smith, David A. S., Gordon, Ian J., Traut, Walther, Herren, Jeremy, Collins, Steve, Martins, Dino J., Saitoti, Kennedy, Ireri, Piera, ffrench-Constant, Richard

“…Sexually antagonistic selection can drive both the evolution of sex chromosomes and speciation itself. The tropical butterfly the African Queen, Danaus…”
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Preference for isolated host plants facilitates invasion of D anaus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) by a bacterial male-killer S piroplasma: Male killing in Danaus chrysippus by Gordon, Ian J, Ireri, Piera, Smith, David A S

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Hologenomic speciation: synergy between a male-killing bacterium and sex-linkage creates a 'magic trait' in a butterfly hybrid zone by Gordon, Ian J., Ireri, Piera, Smith, David A. S.

“…Danaus chrysippus (L.) in Africa comprises four substantially isolated semispecies that are migratory and hybridize on a seasonal basis throughout the eastern…”
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Preference for isolated host plants facilitates invasion of Danaus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) by a bacterial male‐killer Spiroplasma by Gordon, Ian J, Ireri, Piera, Smith, David A S

“…Matrilinearly inherited endosymbiotic bacteria are estimated to occur in a third of all terrestrial arthropods. They include male killers, which are typically…”
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