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Antoine Couto

Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueORCID 0000-0002-5528-7331Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 3 Organism:multiple species· 3 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:imaging· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Approach:comparative / phylogenetic analysis· 1 Research Focus:spatial domain detection· 1

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Stephen Hugh MontgomeryiD· 3 shared Max S. FarnworthiD· 2 shared Denise Dalbosco Dell’AglioiD· 1 shared Elizabeth A HodgeiD· 1 shared Erika H. DawsoniD· 1 shared Jean‐Christophe SandoziD· 1 shared Neven Brard· 1 shared Patrizia d’EttorreiD· 1 shared

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Conservation of sensory pathways implies a localised change in the mushroom bodies is associated with cognitive evolution in Heliconius butterflies

Elizabeth A Hodge, Denise Dalbosco Dell’Aglio, Antoine Couto, W. Owen McMillan, Max S. Farnworth, Stephen Hugh Montgomery

The paper investigates how visual behaviour in Heliconius butterflies evolved through changes in mushroom body structure without increased investment in visual pathways.

Evolution · Jan 17, 2026Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology

Ancestral complexity and constrained diversification of the ant olfactory system

Simon Marty, Antoine Couto, Erika H. Dawson, Neven Brard, Patrizia d’Ettorre, Stephen H. Montgomery, Jean‐Christophe Sandoz

This study investigates the evolution of the ant olfactory system across the Formicidae phylogeny, revealing ancestral complexity and lineage-specific adaptations in olfactory pathways and recognition cue processing.

Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · Apr 1, 2025Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology

Mosaic evolution of a learning and memory circuit in Heliconiini butterflies

Max S. Farnworth, Theodora Loupasaki, Antoine Couto, Stephen H. Montgomery

The paper examines how mushroom body circuits in Heliconiini butterflies evolve, finding that some Kenyon cell populations expand faster than others, linked to behavioral changes, while dopaminergic neuron numbers remain conserved.

Current Biology · Oct 18, 2024Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology