Long-term Sabbatical
Relational evolutionary database for heliconius butterflies
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| PI(s): |
Owen McMillan (University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras Campus) |
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1-Sep-2005 |
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31-May-2006 |
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During my sabbatical, I will generate an evolutionary database for Heliconius butterflies that links the large amount of biological information with the growing amount of molecular information in this group. Heliconius represents are ideal system to focus efforts towards the development of a multi-level relational database. There are few groups that can be studied at so many biological levels and offer such rich possibilities for evolutionary synthesis. My collaboration with NESCent will produce a common database environment for emerging model organisms and provide a general template for combining genomic, morphological, ecological, and phylogenetic information into a single integrated framework.
Related products
Publications
- Butterfly Genomics Eclosing Beldade, P., A. Papanicolaou, and W.O. McMillan (2008). Butterfly Genomics Eclosing. Heredity 100: 150_157.
- Gene expression underlying adaptive variation in Heliconius wing patterns: non-modular regulation of overlapping cinnabar and vermilion patterns Reed, R.D., W.O. McMillan, and L.M. Nagy (2007). Gene expression underlying adaptive variation in Heliconius wing patterns: non-modular regulation of overlapping cinnabar and vermilion patterns. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 275(1630): 37-46.
- ButterflyBase: a platform for Lepidoptera genomics Papanicolaou, A., S. Gebauer-Jung, M.L. Blaxter, W.O. McMillan, and C.D. Jiggins (2007). ButterflyBase: a platform for Lepidoptera genomics. Nucleic Acids Research. 36(S1): D582-D587.
- Heliconius wing patterns: an evo-devo model for understanding phenotypic diversity Joron, M., C.D. Jiggins, A. Papanicolaou, and W.O McMillan (2006). Heliconius wing patterns: an evo-devo model for understanding phenotypic diversity. Heredity 97: 157-167.
- A conserved supergene locus controls color pattern convergence and divergence in Heliconius butterflies Joron, M., R. Papa, M. Beltrian, J. Maviarez, R. Papa, E. Bermingham, J. Mallet, W.O. McMillan and C.D. Jiggins (2006). A conserved supergene locus controls color pattern convergence and divergence in Heliconius butterflies. PLoS Biology 4(10): e303.
News coverage
- Carol Kaesuk Yoon, 26 June 2007, From a Few Genes, Life’s Myriad Shapes, New York TimesRoger Highfield, 26 June 2006, 'Supergene' that paints butterflies is pinpointed, Daily Telegraph
