The paper corrects the reported haploid chromosome number of the monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus, from 30 to 28 based on new data and clarifies its evolutionary history within the Danainae subfamily.

DOI 10.1101/107144

Drosophilaexperimental assay

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Evolutionary BiologybioRxivPreprintJan 21, 2017

A hierarchical Bayesian approach to estimate endosymbiont infection rates

Zachary H. Marion, Christopher A. Hamm

The paper estimates endosymbiont infection rates using a hierarchical Bayesian model, finding approximately 12% Wolbachia infection in Lepidoptera.

DOI 10.1101/102020

Bayesian inference

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