Laura Ferguson

Chromosomal rearrangements maintain a polymorphic supergene controlling butterfly mimicry

Mathieu Joron, Lise Frézal, Robert T. Jones et al. · Nature · 2011 · 616 citations · Full text

Medicine, Genetics, Evolutionary Biology +7

The gene cortex controls mimicry and crypsis in butterflies and moths

Nicola J. Nadeau, Carolina Pardo‐Díaz, Annabel Whibley et al. · Nature · 2016 · 256 citations · Full text

Biology, Pattern Formation, Behavioral Neuroscience +8

Multifaceted biological insights from a draft genome sequence of the tobacco hornworm moth, Manduca sexta

Michael R. Kanost, Estela L. Arrese, Xiaolong Cao et al. · Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology · 2016 · 241 citations · Full text

Biology, Phylogenetics, Molecular Ecology +13

The Glanville fritillary genome retains an ancient karyotype and reveals selective chromosomal fusions in Lepidoptera

Virpi Ahola, Rainer Lehtonen, Panu Somervuo et al. · Nature Communications · 2014 · 238 citations · Full text

Female Behaviour Drives Expression and Evolution of Gustatory Receptors in Butterflies

Adriana D. Briscoe, Aide Macias-Muñoz, Krzysztof M. Kozak et al. · PLoS Genetics · 2013 · 191 citations · Full text

Comparative Genomics, Genetics, Entomology +20