Major Improvements to the Heliconius melpomene Genome Assembly Used to Confirm 10 Chromosome Fusion Events in 6 Million Years of Butterfly Evolution

Major Improvements to the Heliconius melpomene Genome Assembly Used to Confirm 10 Chromosome Fusion Events in 6 Million Years of Butterfly Evolution

The Heliconius butterflies are a widely studied adaptive radiation of 46 species spread across Central and South America, several of which are known to hybridize in the wild. Here, we present a substantially improved assembly of the Heliconius melpomene genome, developed using novel methods that sho...

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Main Authors: Davey, John W., Chouteau, Mathieu, Barker, Sarah L., Maroja, Luana, Baxter, Simon W., Simpson, Fraser, Merrill, Richard M., Joron, Mathieu, Mallet, James, Dasmahapatra, Kanchon K., Jiggins, Chris D.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Genetics Society of America 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4777131/

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