Genomic and genetic methods allow investigation of how frequently the same genes are
used by different populations during adaptive evolution, yielding insights into the …

From the outset multiple causes have been suggested for changes in melanic gene
frequency in the peppered moth Biston betularia and other industrial melanic moths. These …

Supergenes are tight clusters of loci that facilitate the co-segregation of adaptive variation,
providing integrated control of complex adaptive phenotypes. Polymorphic supergenes, in …

Mimicry—whereby warning signals in different species evolve to look similar—has long
served as a paradigm of convergent evolution. Little is known, however, about the genes …

The butterfly family Nymphalidae contains some of the most important non-drosophilid insect
model systems for evolutionary and ecological studies, yet the evolutionary history of the …

Although animals display a rich variety of shapes and patterns, the genetic changes that
explain how complex forms arise are still unclear. Here we take advantage of the extensive …

Manduca sexta, known as the tobacco hornworm or Carolina sphinx moth, is a lepidopteran
insect that is used extensively as a model system for research in insect biochemistry …

The Heliconius butterflies are one of the classic systems in evolutionary biology and have
contributed hugely to our understanding of evolution over the last 150 years. Their dramatic …

Transposable elements (TEs) are mobile genetic elements with the ability to replicate
themselves throughout the host genome. In some taxa TEs reach copy numbers in hundreds …

The recent assembly of the silkworm Bombyx mori genome with 432 Mb on 28 holocentric
chromosomes has become a reference in the genomic analysis of the very diverse Order of …