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Riccardo Papa

Mississippi State University · US
Area of research
Genetics · Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Research interest
Research interests include Biology, Evolutionary biology, Heliconius, Mimicry, Müllerian mimicry, and Butterfly.
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citations
3,099
works
21
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Recent publications

Polygenic basis of incipient reproductive isolation in hybridizing populations is revealed by pangenomic and epigenetic divergence
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2025cited by 0position: lastdoi
A long noncoding RNA at the <i>cortex</i> locus controls adaptive coloration in butterflies
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2024cited by 24position: middledoi
Evolutionary dynamics of genome size and content during the adaptive radiation of Heliconiini butterflies
Nature Communications 2023cited by 71position: middledoi
High level of novelty under the hood of convergent evolution
Science 2023cited by 50position: lastdoi
A butterfly pan-genome reveals that a large amount of structural variation underlies the evolution of chromatin accessibility
Genome Research 2022cited by 31position: middledoi
Widespread Gene Expression Divergence in Butterfly Sensory Tissues Plays a Fundamental Role During Reproductive Isolation and Speciation
Molecular Biology and Evolution 2022cited by 12position: middledoi
A butterfly pan-genome reveals a large amount of structural variation underlies the evolution of chromatin accessibility
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2022cited by 6position: middledoi
Cortex cis-regulatory switches establish scale colour identity and pattern diversity in Heliconius
eLife 2021cited by 68position: middledoi
Selection and isolation define a heterogeneous divergence landscape between hybridizing<i>Heliconius</i>butterflies
Evolution 2021cited by 29position: middledoi
Novel<i>Doublesex</i>Duplication Associated with Sexually Dimorphic Development of Dogface Butterfly Wings
Molecular Biology and Evolution 2021cited by 27position: middledoi
Balanced polymorphisms and their divergence in a <i>Heliconius</i> butterfly
Ecology and Evolution 2021cited by 6position: middledoi
Balanced polymorphisms and their divergence in a Heliconius butterfly
2021cited by 0position: middledoi
Balanced polymorphisms and their divergence in a Heliconius butterfly
2021cited by 0position: middledoi
Wnt Genes in Wing Pattern Development of Coliadinae Butterflies
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 2020cited by 27position: middledoi
Genomic architecture and introgression shape a butterfly radiation
Science 2019cited by 633position: middledoi
Parallel evolution of ancient, pleiotropic enhancers underlies butterfly wing pattern mimicry
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2019cited by 130position: middledoi
Interplay between Developmental Flexibility and Determinism in the Evolution of Mimetic Heliconius Wing Patterns
Current Biology 2019cited by 70position: middledoi
Complex modular architecture around a simple toolkit of wing pattern genes
Nature Ecology & Evolution 2017cited by 224position: lastdoi
The Functional Basis of Wing Patterning in<i>Heliconius</i>Butterflies: The Molecules Behind Mimicry
Genetics 2015cited by 128position: lastdoi
Butterfly genome reveals promiscuous exchange of mimicry adaptations among species
Nature 2012cited by 1,290position: middledoi
Diversification of complex butterfly wing patterns by repeated regulatory evolution of a<i>Wnt</i>ligand
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2012cited by 273position: middledoi

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Frequent collaborators

Brian A. Counterman · Auburn University15 papers (2012–2025)Steven M. Van Belleghem · KU Leuven13 papers (2017–2025)W. Owen McMillan · North Carolina State University11 papers (2012–2025)Chris D. Jiggins · University of Cambridge9 papers (2012–2024)Arnaud Martin · Smithsonian Institution7 papers (2012–2024)James J. Lewis · Cornell University6 papers (2017–2023)Luca Livraghi · George Washington University6 papers (2019–2024)Joseph J. Hanly · George Washington University6 papers (2017–2024) · 5 papers (2022–2024) · 5 papers (2022–2025)Ryan Range · Auburn University5 papers (2020–2021)Robert D. Reed · Environment and Climate Change Canada4 papers (2012–2024)Laura Hebberecht · University of Bristol4 papers (2021–2023)Stephen H. Montgomery · University of Bristol4 papers (2022–2025)James G. Ogilvie · Auburn University4 papers (2021–2023)Francesco Cicconardi · University of Bristol4 papers (2022–2025)Camilo Salazar · Universidad del Rosario3 papers (2017–2021)Anyi Mazo‐Vargas · The University of Texas at Austin3 papers (2019–2024)Jennifer Fenner · Auburn University3 papers (2019–2021)Carolina Concha · North Carolina State University3 papers (2019–2023)