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Richard M. Merrill

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Richard M. MerrilliD6 papers · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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Assay:behavioral assay· 1 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1 Research Focus:ecology & biodiversity· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Organism:non-human primate· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 1

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Experimental manipulation of Heliconius warning patterns reduces harassment of previously mated females.

Richard M. Merrill, Sara Neggazi, Colin R. Morrison, Rachel Crisp, W. Owen McMillan

The paper manipulates warning patterns of Heliconius butterflies to test if male attraction imposes a cost on mated females, finding reduced male interaction with altered patterns.

bioRxiv · Oct 7, 2018 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

Recombination Suppression is Unlikely to Contribute to Speciation in Sympatric Heliconius Butterflies

John W. Davey, Sarah L. Barker, Pasi M. Rastas, Ana Pinharanda, Simon H. Martin, Richard Durbin, Richard M. Merrill, Chris D. Jiggins

The paper tests whether recombination suppression mechanisms like inversions maintain species barriers in sympatric Heliconius butterflies, finding no evidence for such mechanisms.

bioRxiv · Oct 27, 2016 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

Adaptive divergence in brain composition between ecologically distinct incipient species

Stephen H. Montgomery, Richard M. Merrill

This study shows that incipient species differ in brain composition, with H. erato having larger visual structures and H. himera more olfactory structures, indicating adaptive divergence in brain function during speciation.

bioRxiv · Mar 10, 2016 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology