Sex-linked gene traffic underlies the acquisition of sexually dimorphic UV color vision in Heliconius butterflies
M. Chakraborty, A. G. Lara, A. Dang, K. J. McCulloch, D. Rainbow, L. T. Ngo, E. A. Solares, I. Said, R. Corbett-Detig, L. E. Gilbert, J. J. Emerson, A. Briscoe
The paper identifies that sex-specific UV color vision in Heliconius butterflies evolved through gene duplication and movement to the W chromosome, leading to female-specific UVRh1 expression.
bioRxiv · Jul 4, 2022 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology