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How the Easter Egg Weevils Got Their Spots: Phylogenomics Reveals Müllerian Mimicry in Pachyrhynchus (Coleoptera, Curculionidae).
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Systematic biology [Syst Biol] 2023 Jun 17; Vol. 72 (3), pp. 516-529. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- The evolutionary origins of mimicry in the Easter egg weevil, Pachyrhynchus, have fascinated researchers since first noted more than a century ago by Alfred Russel Wallace. Müllerian mimicry, or mimicry in which 2 or more distasteful species look similar, is widespread throughout the animal kingdom. Given the varied but discrete color patterns in Pachyrhynchus, this genus presents one of the best opportunities to study the evolution of both perfect and imperfect mimicry. We analyzed more than 10,000 UCE loci using a novel partitioning strategy to resolve the relationships of closely related species in the genus. Our results indicate that many of the mimetic color patterns observed in sympatric species are due to convergent evolution. We suggest that this convergence is driven by positive frequency-dependent selection. [Biogeography, discrete traits, frequency-dependent selection, mimicry, partitioning, Philippines, polymorphic, UCE.].<br /> (© The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press, on behalf of the Society of Systematic Biologists. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com.)
- Subjects :
- Animals
Phylogeny
Philippines
Weevils genetics
Coleoptera
Biological Mimicry
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1076-836X
- Volume :
- 72
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Systematic biology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 36124771
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syac064