The genetic and neural basis of reproductive isolation

Project Information

SpeciationBehaviour

Grant agreement ID: 851040

DOI

10.3030/851040

Project closed

EC signature date 2 October 2019

Start date 1 January 2020

End date 30 June 2026

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 1 499 540,00

EU contribution

€ 1 499 540,00

Coordinated by

LUDWIG-MAXIMILIANS-UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN
Germany

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (12)

Repeated evolution of reduced visual investment at the onset of ecological speciation in high-altitude <i>Heliconius</i> butterflies

Author(s): David F Rivas-Sánchez, Jake Morris, Camilo Salazar, Carolina Pardo-Díaz, Richard M Merrill, Stephen H Montgomery
Published in: Evolution Letters, Issue 9, 2025, Page(s) 502-510, ISSN 2056-3744
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
DOI: 10.1093/evlett/qraf017

Quantifying spatial visual acuity in Heliconius butterflies

Author(s): Wright D.S., Manel A., Camba P., Guachamin M., Baquet C, Merrill R.M.
Published in: Biology Letters, Issue 19, 2023, Page(s) 20230476, ISSN 1744-957X
Publisher: Royal Society
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2023.0476

Distinct evolutionary trajectories of two integration centres, the central complex and mushroom bodies, across Heliconiini butterflies

Author(s): Max S Farnworth, Yi Peng Toh, Theodora Loupasaki, Elizabeth A Hodge, Basil el Jundi, Stephen H Montgomery
Published in: eLife, Issue 14, 2026, Page(s) elife.107589.3, ISSN 2050-084X
Publisher: eLife Sciences Publications
DOI: 10.7554/elife.107589.3

Adaptive introgression of a visual preference gene

Author(s): Matteo Rossi, Alexander E. Hausmann, Pepe Alcami, Markus Moest, Rodaria Roussou, Steven M. Van Belleghem, Daniel Shane Wright, Chi-Yun Kuo, Daniela Lozano-Urrego, Arif Maulana, Lina Melo-Flórez, Geraldine Rueda-Muñoz, Saoirse McMahon, Mauricio Linares, Christof Osman, W. Owen McMillan, Carolina Pardo-Diaz, Camilo Salazar, Richard M. Merrill
Published in: Science, Issue 383, 2024, Page(s) 1368-1373, ISSN 0036-8075
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science
DOI: 10.1126/science.adj9201

Weighting of sensory cues reflect changing patterns of visual investment during ecological divergence in <i>Heliconius</i> butterflies

Author(s): José Borrero, Elisa Mogollon Perez, Daniel Shane Wright, Daniela Lozano-Urrego, Geraldine Rueda-Muñoz, Carolina Pardo-Diaz, Camilo Salazar, Stephen H. Montgomery, Richard M. Merrill
Published in: Biology Letters, Issue 20, 2024, ISSN 1744-9561
Publisher: The Royal Society
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2024.0377

Parallel shifts in flight-height associated with altitude across incipient Heliconius species

Author(s): Rivas-Sanchez D.F., Gantiva C.H., Pardo-Diaz C., Salazar C., Montgomery S.H., & Merrill, R.M.
Published in: Journal Evolutionary Biology, Issue 37, 2023, ISSN 1010-061X
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1093/jeb/voad003

Selection drives divergence of eye morphology in sympatric Heliconius butterflies

Author(s): Daniel Shane Wright, Juliana Rodriguez-Fuentes, Lisa Ammer, Kathy Darragh, Chi-Yun Kuo, W Owen McMillan, Chris D Jiggins, Stephen H Montgomery, Richard M Merrill
Published in: Evolution, 2024, ISSN 0014-3820
Publisher: Society for the Study of Evolution
DOI: 10.1093/evolut/qpae073

Parallel evolution of behavior, physiology, and life history associated with altitudinal shifts in forest type in <i>Heliconius</i> butterflies

Author(s): David F Rivas-Sánchez; Lina Melo-Flórez; Andrea Aragón; Carolina Pardo-Díaz; Camilo Salazar; Stephen H Montgomery; Richard M Merrill
Published in: Evolution, 2023, ISSN 0014-3820
Publisher: Society for the Study of Evolution
DOI: 10.1093/evolut/qpad062

Mating preferences act independently on different elements of visual signals in <i>Heliconius</i> butterflies

Author(s): Sophie Helen Smith, Lucie M Queste, Daniel Shane Wright, Caroline Nicole Bacquet, Richard M Merrill
Published in: Behavioral Ecology, Issue 35, 2024, ISSN 1045-2249
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arae056

Oviposition behavior is not affected by ultraviolet light in a butterfly with sexually‐dimorphic expression of a UV‐sensitive opsin

Author(s): Jose Borrero, Daniel Shane Wright, Caroline Nicole Bacquet, Richard M Merrill
Published in: Ecology and Evolution, 2023, ISSN 2045-7758
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.10243

Evolution of the olfactory system during the radiation of Heliconiini butterflies

Author(s): Yi Peng Toh, Francesco Cicconardi, Giorgio Bianchini, Richard M Merrill, Stephen H Montgomery
Published in: Journal of Evolutionary Biology, Issue 39, 2026, Page(s) 39-53, ISSN 1420-9101
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
DOI: 10.1093/jeb/voaf114

Sexual dimorphism in pollen foraging and sensory traits in <i>Heliconius</i> butterflies

Author(s): José Borrero, David F Rivas-Sánchez, Daniel Shane Wright, Caroline Nicole Bacquet, Stephen H Montgomery, Alexander Keller, Richard M Merrill
Published in: Behavioral Ecology, Issue 37, 2026, ISSN 1045-2249
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arag014

Book chapters (2)

Genetics and the evolution of prezygotic isolation.

Author(s): Merrill R.M. Arenas-Castro H., Feller A.F., Harenčár J., Rossi M., Streisfeld M.A., Kay, K.M
Published in: Cold Spring Harbour Perspectives in Biology, 2024, Page(s) a041439
Publisher: Cold Spring Harbour
DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a041439

The sensory ecology of speciation

Author(s): Dalbosco Dell’Aglio D., Rivas-Sanchez D.F., Wright D.S., Merrill R.M. & Montgomery S.H.
Published in: Cold Spring Harbour Perspectives in Biology, 2024, ISSN 1943-0264
Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a041428

Non-peer reviewed articles (1)

Is beauty beyond the eye of the butterfly?

Author(s): Richard M. Merrill
Published in: PLOS Biology, Issue 23, 2025, Page(s) e3003054, ISSN 1545-7885
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3003054