S. Nylin

Genome-wide gene birth-death dynamics are associated with diet breadth variation in Lepidoptera

The paper analyzes gene birth-death dynamics across 30 Lepidoptera species to identify gene families associated with diet breadth variation, finding correlations with pesticide resistance, detoxification, and pheromone receptor changes.

Evolution of seasonal plasticity in response to climate change differs between life-stages of a butterfly

The paper examines how seasonal plasticity in different life stages of a butterfly evolves under climate change, finding divergent responses in larval development time and no change in pupal diapause.

Phylogenetic reconstruction of ancestral ecological networks through time for pierid butterflies and their host plants

This study reconstructs ancestral ecological networks of pierid butterflies and their host plants over time, showing how network structure changes with host-range expansions and recolonizations.

Analyzing the neutral and adaptive background of butterfly voltinism reveals structural variation in a core circadian gene

The paper analyzes genetic variation in butterfly voltinism and identifies a circadian gene deletion linked to life cycle differences.

The latitudinal diversity gradient in brush-footed butterflies (Nymphalidae): conserved ancestral tropical niche but different continental histories.

This study evaluates hypotheses for the latitudinal diversity gradient in Nymphalidae butterflies, finding that low extinction rates and historical dispersal patterns, rather than speciation rates, explain diversity patterns.

The consequences of surviving infection across the metamorphic boundary: tradeoff insights from RNAseq and life history measures

This study investigates the long-term effects of bacterial infection and injury across metamorphosis in Pieris napi butterflies, finding that infection costs persist into adulthood and negatively impact fitness.

Geographic variation in hemocyte diversity and phagocytic propensity shows a diffuse genomic signature in the green veined white butterfly

The paper examines geographic variation in hemocyte diversity and phagocytic propensity in two butterfly populations, finding phenotypic differences without genetic divergence in phagocytosis-related genes.

Bayesian inference of ancestral host-parasite interactions under a phylogenetic model of host repertoire evolution

The paper develops a Bayesian method to infer coevolutionary history between hosts and parasites, accounting for complex host range dynamics and host repertoire evolution.

Cryptic, extensive and non-random chromosome reorganization revealed by a butterfly chromonome

The paper reveals extensive, non-random chromosome reorganization in the green-veined white butterfly through fission and fusion events, despite maintaining a standard haploid chromosome count and gene collinearity.