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Kiana Kasmaii

University of Arkansas at FayettevilleORCID 0000-0002-2406-6202Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Evolutionary BiologybioRxivPreprintFeb 17, 2026

Neurotranscriptomic signatures of natural variation in mate preference learning in two subspecies of Heliconius melpomene butterflies

Sushant Potdar, Kiana Kasmaii, Chance Powell, Erica L. Westerman

The paper identifies transcriptomic differences in neural and sensory tissues between two Heliconius melpomene subspecies that correlate with variation in mate-preference learning.

DOI 10.64898/2026.02.15.706038

Drosophilabulk RNA-seq

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