Maria de la Paz Celorio‐Mancera

The paper tests how temperature affects genomic predictions of adaptation by evolving beetles under hot and cold conditions, finding faster phenotypic evolution at hot temperatures but less genomic repeatability.

This study shows that adaptation to complex environments involves trade-offs and pleiotropic effects, with mutations affecting multiple biological processes and recurrent gene targets.

The paper improves the chromosome-level genome assembly of the Glanville fritillary butterfly using SMRT sequencing and a linkage map, increasing the assembly size by 94 Mb.

The paper identifies a transposable element insertion as the genetic switch for an alternative life history strategy in Colias butterflies, linking it to changes in pigment synthesis and reproductive development.