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Furong Yuan

Researcher at University of California, Irvine

Publications -  9
Citations -  1680

Furong Yuan is an academic researcher from University of California, Irvine. The author has contributed to research in topics: Heliconius & Opsin. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 9 publications receiving 1468 citations.

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Butterfly genome reveals promiscuous exchange of mimicry adaptations among species

Kanchon K. Dasmahapatra, +83 more
- 05 Jul 2012 - 
TL;DR: It is inferred that closely related Heliconius species exchange protective colour-pattern genes promiscuously, implying that hybridization has an important role in adaptive radiation.
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Positive selection of a duplicated UV-sensitive visual pigment coincides with wing pigment evolution in Heliconius butterflies

TL;DR: Functional diversification of the UV-sensitive visual pigments may help explain why the yellow wing pigments of Heliconius are so colorful in the UV range compared to the yellow pigment of close relatives lacking the UV opsin duplicate.
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UV photoreceptors and UV-yellow wing pigments in Heliconius butterflies allow a color signal to serve both mimicry and intraspecific communication.

TL;DR: These results are the best available evidence for the correlated evolution of a color signal and color vision and suggest that predator visual systems are error prone in the context of mimicry.
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Opsin clines in butterflies suggest novel roles for insect photopigments

TL;DR: The results suggest that opsin diversification in this butterfly is more consistent with natural selection unrelated to spectral tuning, and the possibility that insect opsins might have important, yet-to-be elucidated, adaptive functions in mediating animal responses to abiotic factors, such as temperature or photoperiod is discussed.