title: Molecular evolution: breakthroughs and mysteries in Batesian mimicry.
abstract: Recent studies appear to overthrow the hypothesis that, in butterfly species exhibiting Batesian mimicry, a multi-gene complex or 'supergene' controls the multiple differences between mimetic and non-mimetic individuals, suggesting instead that near-perfect mimicry can be produced by a set of changes within a single locus, together with changes in the genetic background.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, Ashworth Lab. King's Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FL, UK.
authors.forename: Tom
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Booker
authors.affiliation: Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, Ashworth Lab. King's Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FL, UK.
authors.forename: Rob W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Ness
authors.affiliation: Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, Ashworth Lab. King's Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FL, UK. Electronic address: deborah.charlesworth@ed.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Charlesworth
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D000067558:Biological Mimicry; D002080:Butterflies / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000235:genetics; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D049750:Genome, Insect