Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
Perfect mimicry between Heliconius butterflies is constrained by genetics and development
S. M. Van Belleghem, P. A. Alicea Roman, H. Carbia Gutierrez…·R. Papa
The paper quantifies wing color pattern differences in Heliconius butterflies and shows that imperfect mimicry is due to genetic and developmental constraints in the gene regulatory network.
DOI 10.1098/rspb.2020.1267