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Contrasting signatures of interspecific gene flow in the Atlantic Forest endemic butterfly Heliconius besckei

Gene flow between diverging species can reshuffle genomic variation and greatly influence the speciation process, sometimes reinforcing, sometimes eroding species boundaries. However, the effect of ecological and historical processes on the patterns of introgression remains poorly understood. Here, we focus on the evolutionary history of Heliconius besckei, a geographically restricted butterfly…

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