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Repeated genetic adaptation to altitude in two tropical butterflies

Authors :
Gabriela Montejo-Kovacevich
Joana I. Meier
Caroline N. Bacquet
Ian A. Warren
Yingguang Frank Chan
Marek Kucka
Camilo Salazar
Nicol Rueda-M
Stephen H. Montgomery
W. Owen McMillan
Krzysztof M. Kozak
Nicola J. Nadeau
Simon H. Martin
Chris D. Jiggins
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-16 (2022)
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2022.

Abstract

Here, the authors study adaptation to altitude in 518 whole genomes from two species of tropical butterflies. They find repeated genetic differentiation within species, little molecular parallelism between these species, and introgression from closely related species, concluding that standing genetic variation promotes parallel local adaptation.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
13
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.8e63e71b9e0743db91b4741988d2f1b0
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32316-x