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List of works by Richard M Merrill

A major locus controls a biologically active pheromone component in Heliconius melpomene

scientific article published on 20 January 2020

A novel terpene synthase controls differences in anti-aphrodisiac pheromone production between closely related Heliconius butterflies

scientific article published on 19 January 2021

Adaptive introgression of a visual preference gene

scientific article published on 21 March 2024

Brain composition in Heliconius butterflies, posteclosion growth and experience-dependent neuropil plasticity.

scientific article

Combined effects of climate and biotic interactions on the elevational range of a phytophagous insect

scientific article

Disruptive ecological selection on a mating cue.

scientific article published on 17 October 2012

Divergence in brain composition during the early stages of ecological specialization in Heliconius butterflies

scientific article published on 16 December 2016

Divergent warning patterns contribute to assortative mating between incipient Heliconius species

scientific article published on 23 February 2014

Does sexual conflict contribute to the evolution of novel warning patterns?

scientific article published in 2023

Evolution of physical linkage between loci controlling ecological traits and mating preferences

scientific article published in 2022

Genetic dissection of assortative mating behavior

scientific article published on 07 February 2019

Homage to Felsenstein 1981, or why are there so few/many species?

scientific article published in 2021

Major Improvements to the Heliconius melpomene Genome Assembly Used to Confirm 10 Chromosome Fusion Events in 6 Million Years of Butterfly Evolution.

scientific article

Mate preference across the speciation continuum in a clade of mimetic butterflies.

scientific article published on 20 January 2011

Maternal effects in the highly communal sociable weaver may exacerbate brood reduction and prepare offspring for a competitive social environment

scientific article published on 5 September 2012

Müllerian mimicry: sharing the load reduces the legwork.

scientific article

Oviposition behavior is not affected by ultraviolet light in a butterfly with sexually‐dimorphic expression of a UV‐sensitive opsin

scientific article published in 2023

Pervasive genetic associations between traits causing reproductive isolation in Heliconius butterflies.

scientific article published in September 2010

Sexually selected traits predict patterns of species richness in a diverse clade of suboscine birds.

scientific article

The biology of color

scientific article

The diversification of Heliconius butterflies: what have we learned in 150 years?

scientific article published on 16 June 2015

The gene cortex controls mimicry and crypsis in butterflies and moths

scientific article

Visual mate preference evolution during butterfly speciation is linked to neural processing genes

scientific article published on 21 September 2020

What shapes the continuum of reproductive isolation? Lessons from Heliconius butterflies.

scientific article published in June 2017

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