Richard M Merrill
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Merrill R
PLoS Biol
. 2025 Mar;
23(3):e3003054.
PMID: 40073041
The bright colors observed across the animal world are often used during mate choice. An exciting new study in PLOS Biology suggests genetic and neural mechanisms contributing to the evolution...
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Borrero J, Mogollon Perez E, Wright D, Lozano-Urrego D, Rueda-Munoz G, Pardo-Diaz C, et al.
Biol Lett
. 2024 Oct;
20(10):20240377.
PMID: 39439357
Integrating information across sensory modalities enables animals to orchestrate a wide range of complex behaviours. The relative importance placed on one sensory modality over another reflects the reliability of cues...
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Wright D, Rodriguez-Fuentes J, Ammer L, Darragh K, Kuo C, McMillan W, et al.
Evolution
. 2024 May;
78(7):1338-1346.
PMID: 38736286
When populations experience different sensory conditions, natural selection may favor sensory system divergence, affecting peripheral structures and/or downstream neural pathways. We characterized the outer eye morphology of sympatric Heliconius butterflies...
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Rossi M, Hausmann A, Alcami P, Moest M, Roussou R, Van Belleghem S, et al.
Science
. 2024 Mar;
383(6689):1368-1373.
PMID: 38513020
Visual preferences are important drivers of mate choice and sexual selection, but little is known of how they evolve at the genetic level. In this study, we took advantage of...
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Kuo C, Melo-Flores L, Aragon A, Oberweiser M, McMillan W, Pardo-Diaz C, et al.
J Evol Biol
. 2024 Feb;
37(3):267-273.
PMID: 38306464
Traits under divergent ecological selection that also function during mating can be important in maintaining species boundaries. Few studies have considered mutual mate choice, where both males and females base...
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Rivas-Sanchez D, Gantiva-Q C, Pardo-Diaz C, Salazar C, Montgomery S, Merrill R
J Evol Biol
. 2024 Jan;
37(1):123-129.
PMID: 38285663
Vertical gradients in microclimate, resource availability, and interspecific interactions are thought to underly stratification patterns in tropical insect communities. However, only a few studies have explored the adaptive significance of...
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Wright D, Manel A, Guachamin-Rosero M, Chamba-Vaca P, Bacquet C, Merrill R
Biol Lett
. 2023 Dec;
19(12):20230476.
PMID: 38087940
butterflies are well-known for their colourful wing patterns, which advertise distastefulness to potential predators and are used during mate choice. However, the relative importance of different aspects of these signals...
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Dalbosco DellAglio D, Rivas-Sanchez D, Wright D, Merrill R, Montgomery S
Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol
. 2023 Dec;
16(1).
PMID: 38052495
In this work, we explore the potential influence of sensory ecology on speciation, including but not limited to the concept of sensory drive, which concerns the coevolution of signals and...
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Merrill R, Arenas-Castro H, Feller A, Harencar J, Rossi M, Streisfeld M, et al.
Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol
. 2023 Oct;
16(2).
PMID: 37848246
The significance of prezygotic isolation for speciation has been recognized at least since the Modern Synthesis. However, fundamental questions remain. For example, how are genetic associations between traits that contribute...
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Borrero J, Wright D, Bacquet C, Merrill R
Ecol Evol
. 2023 Jul;
13(7):e10243.
PMID: 37408633
Animal vision is important for mediating multiple complex behaviors. In butterflies, vision guides fundamental behaviors such as oviposition, foraging, and mate choice. Color vision in involves ultraviolet (UV), blue and...