Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
Natural selection and genetic diversity in the butterfly Heliconius melpomene
Simon Henry Martin, Markus Moest, Wiliam J Palmer…·Chris D Jiggins
This study analyzes genetic diversity and selection in Heliconius melpomene butterflies, finding that 31% of amino acid substitutions are adaptive and linked selection reduces diversity on longer chromosomes.
DOI 10.1534/genetics.115.183285