Potential and progress of studying mountain biodiversity by means of butterfly genetics and genomics

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State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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cE3c – Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes/Azorean Biodiversity Group, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e do Ambiente, Universidade dos Açores, 9700-042 Angra do Heroísmo, Terceira, Portugal

Funds: This project was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (32170420 and 31871271), the Beijing Natural Science Foundation (JQ19021), the Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Science, the State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, the Qidong-SLS Innovation Fund, and Benyuan Charity Young Investigator Exploration Fellowship in Life Science to W.Z.

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Abstract: Mountains are rich in biodiversity, and butterflies are species-rich and have a good ecological and evolutionary research foundation. This review addresses the potential and progress of studying mountain biodiversity using butterflies as a model. We discuss the uniqueness of mountain ecosystems, factors influencing the distribution of mountain butterflies, representative genetic and evolutionary models in butterfly research, and evolutionary studies of mountain biodiversity involving butterfly genetics and genomics. Finally, we demonstrate the necessity of studying mountain butterflies and propose future perspectives. This review provides insights for studying the biodiversity of mountain butterflies as well as a summary of research methods for reference.
- Mountain ecosystem /
- Butterfly /
- Biodiversity /
- Adaptation /
- Genomics /
- Genetics

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