EVOLUTION OF CYANIDE METABOLIMS IN APOSEMATIC BUTTERFLIES: from gene characterization to community ecology

Project Information

Cyanide Evolution

Grant agreement ID: 841230

DOI 10.3030/841230

Project closed

EC signature date 29 April 2019

Start date 1 January 2020

End date 2 September 2022

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Total cost € 224 933,76

EU contribution € 224 933,76

Coordinated by

THE CHANCELLOR MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
United Kingdom

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (2)

Phenotypic plasticity in chemical defence of butterflies allows usage of diverse host plants.

Author(s): Érika Cristina Pinheiro de Castro; Jamie Musgrove; Søren Bak; W. Owen McMillan; Chris D. Jiggins
Published in: Biology Letters, Issue 1744957X, 2021, ISSN 1744-957X
Publisher: The Royal Society
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2020.0863

Evolutionary and ecological processes influencing chemical defense variation in an aposematic and mimetic Heliconius butterfly

Author(s): Anniina L. K. Mattila, Chris D. Jiggins, Øystein H. Opedal, Gabriela Montejo-Kovacevich, Érika C. Pinheiro de Castro, W. Owen McMillan, Caroline Bacquet and Marjo Saastamoinen
Published in: PeerJ, Issue 21678359, 2021, ISSN 2167-8359
Publisher: PeerJ
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.11523

Non-peer reviewed articles (2)

Pollen-feeding delays reproductive senescence and maintains toxicity of Heliconius butterflies

Author(s): Erika Pinheiro de Castro, Josie Mc Pherson, Glennis Julian, Anniina Mattila, Soren Bak, Stephen Montgomery and Chris Jiggins
Published in: bioRxiv, 2023, ISSN 2692-8205
Publisher: bioRxiv
DOI: 10.1101/2023.01.13.523799

Evolutionary dynamics of genome size and content during the adaptive radiation of Heliconiini butterflies

Author(s): Francesco Cicconardia, Edoardo Milanettib, Érika C. Pinheiro de Castro, Anyi Mazo-Vargas, Steven M. Van Belleghem, Angelo Alberto Ruggieri, Pasi Rastash, Joseph Hanlyi, Elizabeth Evans, Chris D Jiggins, W Owen McMillan, Riccardo Papa, Daniele di Marinol Arnaud Martini and Stephen H Montgomery
Published in: bioRxiv, Issue 26928205, 2022, ISSN 2692-8205
Publisher: bioRxiv
DOI: 10.1101/2022.08.12.503723