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This project investigates the genetic and biochemical basis of toxicity in Heliconius butterflies, focusing on their interaction with Passiflora plants. Using CRISPR-Cas technology and various OMICs approaches, it aims to understand how these butterflies have evolved their defense mechanisms against predators.
The colourful and toxic Heliconius butterflies are well-established models to study evolution of aposematims and mimicry, yet the genetic basis of their toxicity and how this varies in different populations remains unknown.
Heliconius are toxic butterflies because they contain cyanide-releasing compounds called cyanogenic glucosides, which they can both biosynthesize or uptake from Passiflora plants, their co-evolutionary partner, during larval feeding.
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