Publications detailing artificial hybridization between species of Heliconius.
Gilbert,LE (1984): The biology of butterfly communities.
Chap. 3. In: The Biology of Butterflies. (Eds: Vane-Wright,RI; Ackery,PR). Symposia
of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 11. Academic Press, London, 41-54.
Plate IB [H.melpomene, H. pachinus, H.cydno, H.ismenius]
Gilbert,LE
(2001): Adaptive novelty through introgression in Heliconius wing
patterns: evidence for a shared genetic "tool box" from synthetic hybrid zones
and a theory of diversification. In: Ecology and Evolution Taking Flight: Butterflies
as Model Systems. (Eds: Boggs,CL; Watt,WB; Ehrlich,PR) University of Chicago
Press, Chicago, in press. [H.melpomene, H.cydno, H.hecale, H.ismenius,
H. pachinus]
Jiggins,CD;
McMillan,WO (1997): The genetic basis of an adaptive radiation: warning
colour in two Heliconius species. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 264, 1167-1175.
[H.erato, H.himera].
Naisbit,
R.E., Jiggins, C.D., Linares, M., Salazar, C., & Mallet, J. (2002).
Hybrid sterility, Haldane's rule, and speciation in Heliconius cydno
and H. melpomene.Genetics 161: 1517-1526.
Naisbit,
R.E., Jiggins, C.D. & Mallet, J. (2003):
Mimicry: developmental genes that contribute to speciation. Evolution and Development
5(3): 269-280. [inheritance of mimicry differences
between H. cydno and H. melpomene].
Personal communications about Heliconius hybrids produced in captivity
Luis Miguel Constantino
[H.heurippa, H.cydno, H. melpomene, H. charitonia].
Jean-Pierre Vesco [H.melpomene,
H.cydno, H.hecale, H.atthis].
Lawrence E. Gilbert [H. melpomene x H. cydno
gynandromorph]
Within and between species artificial Heliconius
crosses: inheritance and development of colour patterns
James
Mallet, Fraser Simpson, Mathieu Joron et al. [H. melpomene,
H. erato, H. numata]
Chris Jiggins
and www.heliconius.org [H. melpomene, H. cydno,
+ H. erato, H. himera]
W.
Owen McMillan [H. erato, H. himera]
Last updated: 12 April 2005