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| Title |
The genetics of monarch butterfly migration and warning colouration
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| Published in |
Nature, October 2014
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| DOI | 10.1038/nature13812 |
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| Authors |
Shuai Zhan, Wei Zhang, Kristjan Niitepõld, Jeremy Hsu, Juan Fernández Haeger, Myron P. Zalucki, Sonia Altizer, Jacobus C. de Roode, Steven M. Reppert, Marcus R. Kronforst |
| Abstract |
The monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus, is famous for its spectacular annual migration across North America, recent worldwide dispersal, and orange warning colouration. Despite decades of study and broad public interest, we know little about the genetic basis of these hallmark traits. Here we uncover the history of the monarch's evolutionary origin and global dispersal, characterize the genes and pathways associated with migratory behaviour, and identify the discrete genetic basis of warning colouration by sequencing 101 Danaus genomes from around the globe. The results rewrite our understanding of this classic system, showing that D. plexippus was ancestrally migratory and dispersed out of North America to occupy its broad distribution. We find the strongest signatures of selection associated with migration centre on flight muscle function, resulting in greater flight efficiency among migratory monarchs, and that variation in monarch warning colouration is controlled by a single myosin gene not previously implicated in insect pigmentation. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 203 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 67 | 33% |
| United Kingdom | 14 | 7% |
| Canada | 9 | 4% |
| Japan | 7 | 3% |
| Australia | 4 | 2% |
| Colombia | 3 | 1% |
| Germany | 3 | 1% |
| Mexico | 3 | 1% |
| Netherlands | 2 | <1% |
| Other | 13 | 6% |
| Unknown | 78 | 38% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 138 | 68% |
| Scientists | 53 | 26% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 9 | 4% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 621 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 | 2% |
| Germany | 4 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | <1% |
| Portugal | 2 | <1% |
| Canada | 2 | <1% |
| Sweden | 2 | <1% |
| Korea, Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 7 | 1% |
| Unknown | 586 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 145 | 23% |
| Researcher | 116 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 85 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 74 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 32 | 5% |
| Other | 98 | 16% |
| Unknown | 71 | 11% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 380 | 61% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 59 | 10% |
| Environmental Science | 36 | 6% |
| Neuroscience | 12 | 2% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 10 | 2% |
| Other | 34 | 5% |
| Unknown | 90 | 14% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 483. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 21 September 2023.
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