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Cryptic genetic and wing pattern diversity in a mimetic Heliconius butterfly by Hill, R. I., Gilbert, L. E., Kronforst, M. R.

“…Despite rampant colour pattern diversity in South America, Heliconius erato exhibits a ‘postman’ wing pattern throughout most of Central America. We examined…”
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Does male preference play a role in maintaining female limited polymorphism in a Batesian mimetic butterfly? by Westerman, E.L., Letchinger, R., Tenger-Trolander, A., Massardo, D., Palmer, D., Kronforst, M.R.

“…•In the Batesian mimic Papilio polytes, males prefer mimetic over non-mimetic females.•Male preference is independent of female morph population…”
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doublesex is a mimicry supergene by Kunte, K., Zhang, W., Tenger-Trolander, A., Palmer, D. H., Martin, A., Reed, R. D., Mullen, S. P., Kronforst, M. R.

“…The phenomenon of sex-limited mimicry is phylogenetically widespread in the swallowtail butterfly genus Papilio — now, a single gene, doublesex , is shown to…”
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Reinforcement of mate preference among hybridizing Heliconius butterflies by KRONFORST, M. R., YOUNG, L. G., GILBERT, L. E.

“…Recent models of mate preference evolution suggest that direct selection on alleles at preference loci and correlated evolution of preference with locally…”
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Comparative population genetics of a mimicry locus among hybridizing Heliconius butterfly species by Chamberlain, N L, Hill, R I, Baxter, S W, Jiggins, C D, Kronforst, M R

“…The comimetic Heliconius butterfly species pair, H. erato and H. melpomene, appear to use a conserved Mendelian switch locus to generate their matching red…”
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Lack of genetic differentiation among widely spaced subpopulations of a butterfly with home range behaviour by Kronforst, Marcus R., Fleming, Theodore H.

“…We examine seven geographically separate subpopulations of Heliconius charithonia, a butterfly with well‐documented home range behaviour, in Miami–Dade County,…”
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MULTILOCUS ANALYSES OF ADMIXTURE AND INTROGRESSION AMONG HYBRIDIZING HELICONIUS BUTTERFLIES by Kronforst, Marcus R, Young, Laura G, Blume, Lauren M, Gilbert, Lawrence E

“…Introgressive hybridization is an important evolutionary process and new analytical methods provide substantial power to detect and quantify it. In this study…”
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Parallel Genetic Architecture of Parallel Adaptive Radiations in Mimetic Heliconius Butterflies by Kronforst, Marcus R, Kapan, Durrell D, Gilbert, Lawrence E

“…It is unknown whether homologous loci underlie the independent and parallel wing pattern radiations of Heliconius butterflies. By comparing the locations of…”
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Linkage of butterfly mate preference and wing color preference cue at the genomic location of wingless by Kronforst, M.R, Young, L.G, Kapan, D.D, McNeely, C, O'Neill, R.J, Gilbert, L.E

“…Sexual isolation is a critical form of reproductive isolation in the early stages of animal speciation, yet little is known about the genetic basis of…”
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Primers for the amplification of nuclear introns in Heliconius butterflies by Kronforst, M.R

“…I described the development of degenerate polymerase chain reaction (PCR) primers for intron‐containing regions of nine candidate wing patterning and…”
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