Publications
2024
Zygosity-based sex determination in a butterfly drives hypervariability of <i>Masculinizer</i>.
Van't Hof, A. E., Whiteford, S., Yung, C. J., Yoshido, A., Zrzavá, M., de Jong, M. A., . . . Saccheri, I. J. (2024). Zygosity-based sex determination in a butterfly drives hypervariability of <i>Masculinizer</i>.. Science advances, 10(18), eadj6979. doi:10.1126/sciadv.adj6979
2023
Rapid evolution of novel biotic interactions in the UK Brown Argus butterfly uses genomic variation from across its geographical range.
de Jong, M., van Rensburg, A. J., Whiteford, S., Yung, C. J., Beaumont, M., Jiggins, C., & Bridle, J. (2023). Rapid evolution of novel biotic interactions in the UK Brown Argus butterfly uses genomic variation from across its geographical range.. Molecular ecology, 32(21), 5742-5756. doi:10.1111/mec.17138
2021
The genome sequence of the ringlet, Aphantopus hyperantus Linnaeus 1758
Mead, D., Saccheri, I., Yung, C., Lohse, K., Lohse, C., Ashmole, P., . . . Blaxter, M. (2021). The genome sequence of the ringlet, Aphantopus hyperantus Linnaeus 1758. doi:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16983.1
2020
Recessive Z-linked lethals and the retention of haplotype diversity in a captive butterfly population
Saccheri, I. J., Whiteford, S., Yung, C. J., & van't Hof, A. E. (2020). Recessive Z-linked lethals and the retention of haplotype diversity in a captive butterfly population. Heredity. doi:10.1038/s41437-020-0316-x
2019
Genetic convergence of industrial melanism in three geometrid moths
van't Hof, A. E., Reynolds, L. A., Yung, C. J., Cook, L. M., & Saccheri, I. J. (2019). Genetic convergence of industrial melanism in three geometrid moths. Biology Letters, 15(10). doi:10.1098/rsbl.2019.0582
Adaptive colour change and background choice behaviour in peppered moth caterpillars is mediated by extraocular photoreception
Saccheri, I. J., Eacock, A., & Rowland, H. (2019). Adaptive colour change and background choice behaviour in peppered moth caterpillars is mediated by extraocular photoreception. Nature Communications Biology, 2. doi:10.1038/s42003-019-0502-7
2016
The industrial melanism mutation in British peppered moths is a transposable element
Hof, A. E. V. T., Campagne, P., Rigden, D. J., Yung, C. J., Lingley, J., Quail, M. A., . . . Saccheri, I. J. (2016). The industrial melanism mutation in British peppered moths is a transposable element. Nature, 534(7605), 102-105. doi:10.1038/nature17951