Research article

Polyphyly and gene flow between non-sibling Heliconius species

Vanessa Bull^1,², Margarita Beltrán^1,^2,⁴, Chris D Jiggins^2,⁴, W Owen McMillan³, Eldredge Bermingham² and James Mallet¹^*

¹ Galton Laboratory, Department of Biology, University College London, 4 Stephenson Way, London NW1 2HE, UK

² Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado 2072, Balboa, Panama

³ Departamento de Biología, Universidad de Puerto Rico, P.O.Box 23360, San Juan, PR 00931-3360, Puerto Rico

⁴ Institute of Cell, Animal & Population Biology, University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, UK

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BMC Biology 2006, 4:11 doi:10.1186/1741-7007-4-11

Published: 21 April 2006

Additional File 1:

Laboratory protocols and the Dopa decarboxylase locus. Laboratory protocols for loci sequenced, and details of the Dopa decarboxylase locus.

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Complete alignment data. Aligned sequences for phylogenetic analysis and IM analysis.

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