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Simon W. Baxter
Researcher at University of Melbourne
Publications - 77
Citations - 6804
Simon W. Baxter is an academic researcher from University of Melbourne. The author has contributed to research in topics: Heliconius & Diamondback moth. The author has an hindex of 36, co-authored 75 publications receiving 6056 citations. Previous affiliations of Simon W. Baxter include Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University & Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre.
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Butterfly genome reveals promiscuous exchange of mimicry adaptations among species
Kanchon K. Dasmahapatra,James R. Walters,Adriana D. Briscoe,John W. Davey,Annabel Whibley,Nicola J. Nadeau,Aleksey V. Zimin,Daniel S.T. Hughes,Laura Ferguson,Simon H. Martin,Camilo Salazar,Camilo Salazar,James J. Lewis,Sebastian Adler,Seung-Joon Ahn,Dean A. Baker,Simon W. Baxter,Nicola Chamberlain,Ritika Chauhan,Brian A. Counterman,Tamas Dalmay,Lawrence E. Gilbert,Karl H.J. Gordon,David G. Heckel,Heather M. Hines,Katharina J. Hoff,Peter W. H. Holland,Emmanuelle Jacquin-Joly,Francis M. Jiggins,Robert T. Jones,Durrell D. Kapan,Durrell D. Kapan,Paul J. Kersey,Gerardo Lamas,Daniel Lawson,Daniel Mapleson,Luana S. Maroja,Arnaud Martin,Simon Moxon,William J. Palmer,Riccardo Papa,Alexie Papanicolaou,Yannick Pauchet,David A. Ray,Neil Rosser,Steven L. Salzberg,Megan A. Supple,Alison K. Surridge,Ayşe Tenger-Trolander,Heiko Vogel,Paul A. Wilkinson,Derek Wilson,James A. Yorke,Furong Yuan,Alexi Balmuth,Cathlene Eland,Karim Gharbi,Marian Thomson,Richard A. Gibbs,Yi Han,Joy Jayaseelan,Christie Kovar,Tittu Mathew,Donna M. Muzny,Fiona Ongeri,Ling-Ling Pu,Jiaxin Qu,Rebecca Thornton,Kim C. Worley,Yuanqing Wu,Mauricio Linares,Mark Blaxter,Richard H. ffrench-Constant,Mathieu Joron,Marcus R. Kronforst,Sean P. Mullen,Robert D. Reed,Steven E. Scherer,Stephen Richards,James Mallet,James Mallet,W. Owen McMillan,Chris D. Jiggins,Chris D. Jiggins +83 more
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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Chromosomal rearrangements maintain a polymorphic supergene controlling butterfly mimicry
Mathieu Joron,Lise Frézal,Robert T. Jones,Nicola Chamberlain,Siu F. Lee,Christoph R. Haag,Annabel Whibley,Michel Becuwe,Simon W. Baxter,Laura Ferguson,Paul Wilkinson,Camilo Salazar,Claire Davidson,Richard Clark,Michael A. Quail,Helen Beasley,Rebecca Glithero,Christine Lloyd,Sarah Sims,Matthew C. Jones,Jane Rogers,Chris D. Jiggins,Richard H. ffrench-Constant +22 more
TL;DR: The results indicate that allelic combinations at known wing-patterning loci have become locked together in a polymorphic rearrangement at the P locus, forming a supergene that acts as a simple switch between complex adaptive phenotypes found in sympatry.
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A heterozygous moth genome provides insights into herbivory and detoxification
Minsheng You,Zhen Yue,Weiyi He,Xinhua Yang,Guang Yang,Miao Xie,Dong-Liang Zhan,Simon W. Baxter,Simon W. Baxter,Liette Vasseur,Liette Vasseur,Geoff M. Gurr,Geoff M. Gurr,Carl J. Douglas,Carl J. Douglas,Jianlin Bai,Ping Wang,Kai Cui,Shiguo Huang,Xianchun Li,Qing Zhou,Zhangyan Wu,Qilin Chen,Chunhui Liu,Bo Wang,Xiaojing Li,Xiufeng Xu,Changxin Lu,Min Hu,John W. Davey,Sandy M. Smith,Sandy M. Smith,Ming-Shun Chen,Ming-Shun Chen,Xiaofeng Xia,Weiqi Tang,Fushi Ke,Dandan Zheng,Yulan Hu,Fengqin Song,Yanchun You,Xiaoli Ma,Lu Peng,Yunkai Zheng,Yong Liang,Yaqiong Chen,Liying Yu,Younan Zhang,Yuanyuan Liu,Guoqing Li,Lin Fang,Jingxiang Li,Xin Zhou,Yadan Luo,Caiyun Gou,Junyi Wang,Jing Wang,Huanming Yang,Jun Wang +58 more
TL;DR: The first whole-genome sequence of a basal lepidopteran species, Plutella xylostella, is reported, which contains 18,071 protein-coding and 1,412 unique genes with an expansion of gene families associated with perception and the detoxification of plant defense compounds.
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Adaptive introgression across species boundaries in Heliconius butterflies.
Carolina Pardo-Diaz,Camilo Salazar,Camilo Salazar,Simon W. Baxter,Claire Mérot,Wilsea M.B. Figueiredo-Ready,Mathieu Joron,W. Owen McMillan,Chris D. Jiggins,Chris D. Jiggins +9 more
TL;DR: Analysis of the role of introgressive hybridisation in transferring adaptations between mimetic Heliconius butterflies, taking advantage of the recent identification of a gene regulating red wing patterns in this genus, finds an almost perfect genotype by phenotype association across four species.
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Genomic islands of divergence in hybridizing Heliconius butterflies identified by large-scale targeted sequencing.
Nicola J. Nadeau,Annabel Whibley,Robert T. Jones,Robert T. Jones,John W. Davey,Kanchon K. Dasmahapatra,Simon W. Baxter,Michael A. Quail,Mathieu Joron,Richard H. ffrench-Constant,Mark Blaxter,James Mallet,Chris D. Jiggins +12 more
TL;DR: Targeted next-generation sequence capture is used to survey patterns of divergence across these entire regions in divergent geographical races and species of Heliconius, finding major peaks of elevated population differentiation between races across hybrid zones, which indicate regions under strong divergent selection.