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Evolution of the olfactory system during the radiation of Heliconiini butterflies.
Yi Peng Toh, Francesco Cicconardi, Giorgio Bianchini, Richard M Merrill, Stephen H Montgomery

J Evol Biol· September 2025

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Repeated evolution of reduced visual investment at the onset of ecological speciation in high-altitude butterflies.
David F Rivas-Sánchez, Jake Morris, Camilo Salazar, Carolina Pardo-Díaz, Richard M Merrill

Evol Lett· August 2025

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Is beauty beyond the eye of the butterfly?
Richard M Merrill

PLoS Biol· March 2025

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Weighting of sensory cues reflect changing patterns of visual investment during ecological divergence in butterflies.
José Borrero, Elisa Mogollon Perez, Daniel Shane Wright, Daniela Lozano-Urrego, Geraldine Rueda-Muñoz, Richard M Merrill

Biol Lett· October 2024

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Selection drives divergence of eye morphology in sympatric Heliconius butterflies.
Daniel Shane Wright, Juliana Rodriguez-Fuentes, Lisa Ammer, Kathy Darragh, Chi-Yun Kuo, Richard M Merrill

Evolution· July 2024

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Divergent warning patterns influence male and female mating behaviours in a tropical butterfly.
Chi-Yun Kuo, Lina Melo-Flóres, Andrea Aragón, Morgan M Oberweiser, W Owen McMillan, Richard M Merrill

J Evol Biol· March 2024

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Adaptive introgression of a visual preference gene.
Matteo Rossi, Alexander E Hausmann, Pepe Alcami, Markus Moest, Rodaria Roussou, Richard M Merrill

Science· March 2024

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Genetics and the Evolution of Prezygotic Isolation.
Richard M Merrill, Henry Arenas-Castro, Anna F Feller, Julia Harenčár, Matteo Rossi

Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol· February 2024

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The Sensory Ecology of Speciation.
Denise Dalbosco Dell'Aglio, David F Rivas-Sánchez, Daniel Shane Wright, Richard M Merrill, Stephen H Montgomery

Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol· January 2024

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Parallel shifts in flight-height associated with altitude across incipient Heliconius species.
David F Rivas-Sánchez, Carlos H Gantiva-Q, Carolina Pardo-Díaz, Camilo Salazar, Stephen H Montgomery, Richard M Merrill

J Evol Biol· January 2024

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Quantifying visual acuity in butterflies.
Daniel Shane Wright, Anupama Nayak Manel, Michelle Guachamin-Rosero, Pamela Chamba-Vaca, Caroline Nicole Bacquet, Richard M Merrill

Biol Lett· December 2023

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Oviposition behavior is not affected by ultraviolet light in a butterfly with sexually-dimorphic expression of a UV-sensitive opsin.
Jose Borrero, Daniel Shane Wright, Caroline Nicole Bacquet, Richard M Merrill

Ecol Evol· July 2023

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Parallel evolution of behavior, physiology, and life history associated with altitudinal shifts in forest type in Heliconius butterflies.
David F Rivas-Sánchez, Lina Melo-Flórez, Andrea Aragón, Carolina Pardo-Díaz, Camilo Salazar, Richard M Merrill

Evolution· June 2023

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Does sexual conflict contribute to the evolution of novel warning patterns?
Alexander E Hausmann, Marília Freire, Sara A Alfthan, Chi-Yun Kuo, Mauricio Linares, Richard M Merrill

J Evol Biol· March 2023

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Evolution of physical linkage between loci controlling ecological traits and mating preferences.
Tarryn Schuldiner-Harpaz, Richard M Merrill, Chris D Jiggins

J Evol Biol· November 2022

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Homage to Felsenstein 1981, or why are there so few/many species?
Roger K Butlin, Maria R Servedio, Carole M Smadja, Claudia Bank, Nicholas H Barton, Richard Merrill

Evolution· May 2021

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Light environment influences mating behaviours during the early stages of divergence in tropical butterflies.
Alexander E Hausmann, Chi-Yun Kuo, Marília Freire, Nicol Rueda-M, Mauricio Linares, Richard M Merrill

Proc Biol Sci· March 2021

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Neural divergence and hybrid disruption between ecologically isolated butterflies.
Stephen H Montgomery, Matteo Rossi, W Owen McMillan, Richard M Merrill

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A· February 2021

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Clustering of loci controlling species differences in male chemical bouquets of sympatric butterflies.
Kelsey J R P Byers, Kathy Darragh, Sylvia Fernanda Garza, Diana Abondano Almeida, Ian A Warren, Richard M Merrill

Ecol Evol· January 2021

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A novel terpene synthase controls differences in anti-aphrodisiac pheromone production between closely related Heliconius butterflies.
Kathy Darragh, Anna Orteu, Daniella Black, Kelsey J R P Byers, Daiane Szczerbowski, Richard M Merrill

PLoS Biol· January 2021

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Visual mate preference evolution during butterfly speciation is linked to neural processing genes.
Matteo Rossi, Alexander E Hausmann, Timothy J Thurman, Stephen H Montgomery, Riccardo Papa, Richard M Merrill

Nat Commun· September 2020

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Hybridization and transgressive exploration of colour pattern and wing morphology in Heliconius butterflies.
Claire Mérot, Vincent Debat, Yann Le Poul, Richard M Merrill, Russell E Naisbit

J Evol Biol· July 2020

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Species specificity and intraspecific variation in the chemical profiles of butterflies across a large geographic range.
Kathy Darragh, Gabriela Montejo-Kovacevich, Krzysztof M Kozak, Colin R Morrison, Clarisse M E Figueiredo, Richard M Merrill

Ecol Evol· May 2020

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A major locus controls a biologically active pheromone component in Heliconius melpomene.
Kelsey J R P Byers, Kathy Darragh, Jamie Musgrove, Diana Abondano Almeida, Sylvia Fernanda Garza, Richard M Merrill

Evolution· February 2020

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Male pheromone composition depends on larval but not adult diet in .
Kathy Darragh, Kelsey J R P Byers, Richard M Merrill, W Owen McMillan, Stefan Schulz

Ecol Entomol· June 2019

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