Dr Nicola Nadeau

All publications

Journal articles

• Lloyd VJ, Burg SL, Harizanova J, Garcia E, Hill O, Enciso-Romero J, Cooper RL, Flenner S, Longo E, Greving I , Nadeau NJ et al (2024) The actin cytoskeleton plays multiple roles in structural colour formation in butterfly wing scales. Nature Communications, 15. View this article in WRRO
• Page E, Queste LM, Rosser N, Salazar P, Nadeau N, Mallet J, Srygley RB, McMillan WO & Dasmahapatra KK (2024) Pervasive mimicry in flight behaviour among aposematic butterflies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
• Montejo-Kovacevich G, Meier JI, Bacquet CN, Warren IA, Chan YF, Kucka M, Salazar C, Rueda-M N, Montgomery SH, McMillan WO , Kozak KM et al (2022) Repeated genetic adaptation to altitude in two tropical butterflies. Nature Communications, 13.
• Brien M, Enciso Romero J, Lloyd V, Curran E, Parnell A, Morochz C, Salazar P, Rastas P, Zinn T & Nadeau N (2022) The genetic basis of structural colour variation in mimetic Heliconius butterflies. Philosophical Transactions B: Biological Sciences, 377(1855). View this article in WRRO
• Alfakih A, Watt PJ & Nadeau NJ (2022) The physiological cost of colour change: evidence, implications and mitigations. Journal of Experimental Biology, 225(10).
• Lloyd VJ & Nadeau NJ (2021) The evolution of structural colour in butterflies. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development, 69, 28-34.
• Montejo‐Kovacevich G, Salazar PA, Smith SH, Gavilanes K, Bacquet CN, Chan YF, Jiggins CD, Meier JI & Nadeau NJ (2021) Genomics of altitude‐associated wing shape in two tropical butterflies. Molecular Ecology, 30(23), 6387-6402.
• Meier JI, Salazar PA, Kučka M, Davies RW, Dréau A, Aldás I, Box Power O, Nadeau NJ, Bridle JR, Rolian C , Barton NH et al (2021) Haplotype tagging reveals parallel formation of hybrid races in two butterfly species. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(25). View this article in WRRO
• Bainbridge HE, Brien MN, Morochz C, Salazar PA, Rastas P & Nadeau NJ (2020) Limited genetic parallels underlie convergent evolution of quantitative pattern variation in mimetic butterflies. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 33(11), 1516-1529.
• Curran EV, Stankowski S, Pardo-Diaz C, Salazar C, Linares M & Nadeau NJ (2020) Müllerian mimicry of a quantitative trait despite contrasting levels of genomic divergence and selection. Molecular Ecology. View this article in WRRO
• Montejo-Kovacevich G, Martin SH, Meier JI, Bacquet CN, Monllor M, Jiggins CD & Nadeau NJ (2020) Microclimate buffering and thermal tolerance across elevations in a tropical butterfly. Journal of Experimental Biology. View this article in WRRO
• Arias M, Davey JW, Martin S, Jiggins C, Nadeau N, Joron M & Llaurens V (2020) How do predators generalize warning signals in simple and complex prey communities? Insights from a videogame. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 287(1921). View this article in WRRO
• Moest M, Van Belleghem SM, James JE, Salazar C, Martin SH, Barker SL, Moreira GRP, Mérot C, Joron M, Nadeau NJ , Steiner FM et al (2020) Selective sweeps on novel and introgressed variation shape mimicry loci in a butterfly adaptive radiation. PLoS Biology, 18(2). View this article in WRRO
• Montejo-Kovacevich G, Smith JE, Meier JI, Bacquet CN, Whiltshire-Romero E, Nadeau NJ & Jiggins CD (2019) Altitude and life-history shape the evolution of Heliconius wings.. Evolution, 73(12), 2436-2450. View this article in WRRO
• Brien M, Enciso Romero J, Parnell A, Salazar P, Morochz C, Chalá D, Bainbridge H, Zinn T, Curran E & Nadeau N (2018) Phenotypic variation in Heliconius erato crosses shows that iridescent structural colour is sex-linked and controlled by multiple genes. Interface Focus, 9. View this article in WRRO
• Parnell AJ, Bradford JE, Curran EV, Washington AL, Adams G, Brien MN, Burg SL, Morochz C, Fairclough PA, Vukusic P , Martin SJ et al (2018) Wing scale ultrastructure underlying convergent and divergent iridescent colours in mimetic Heliconius butterflies. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 15(141). View this article in WRRO
• Nadeau N (2016) Genes controlling mimetic colour pattern variation in butterflies. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 17, 24-31. View this article in WRRO
• Nadeau N, Pardo-Diaz C, Whibley A, Supple M, Saenko SV, Wallbank RWR, Wu GC, Maroja L, Ferguson L, Hanly JJ , Hines H et al (2016) The gene cortex controls mimicry and crypsis in butterflies and moths. Nature, 534(7605), 106-110.
• Wallbank RW, Baxter SW, Pardo-Diaz C, Hanly JJ, Martin SH, Mallet J, Dasmahapatra KK, Salazar C, Joron M, Nadeau N , McMillan WO et al (2016) Evolutionary Novelty in a Butterfly Wing Pattern through Enhancer Shuffling.. PLoS Biology, 14(1). View this article in WRRO
• Merrill RM, Dasmahapatra KK, Davey JW, Dell'Aglio DD, Hanly JJ, Huber B, Jiggins CD, Joron M, Kozak KM, Llaurens V , Martin SH et al (2015) The diversification ofHeliconiusbutterflies: what have we learned in 150 years?. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 28(8), 1417-1438.
• Nadeau N (2014) Butterfly genomics sheds light on the process of hybrid speciation. Molecular Ecology, 23(18), 4441-4443.
• Nadeau NJ, Ruiz M, Salazar P, Counterman B, Medina JA, Ortiz-Zuazaga H, Morrison A, McMillan WO, Jiggins CD & Papa R (2014) Population genomics of parallel hybrid zones in the mimetic butterflies, H. melpomene and H. erato. Genome Research, 24(8), 1316-1333.
• Merrill RM, Chia A & Nadeau N (2014) Divergent warning patterns contribute to assortative mating between incipient Heliconius species. Ecology and Evolution, 4(7), 911-917. View this article in WRRO
• Martin SH, Dasmahapatra KK, Nadeau NJ, Salazar C, Walters JR, Simpson F, Blaxter M, Manica A, Mallet J & Jiggins CD (2013) Genome-wide evidence for speciation with gene flow in Heliconius butterflies. GENOME RESEARCH, 23(11), 1817-1828.
• Nadeau NJ, Martin SH, Kozak KM, Salazar C, Dasmahapatra KK, Davey JW, Baxter SW, Blaxter ML, Mallet J & Jiggins CD (2013) Genome-wide patterns of divergence and gene flow across a butterfly radiation. MOLECULAR ECOLOGY, 22(3), 814-826.
• Martin A, Papa R, Nadeau NJ, Hill RI, Counterman BA, Halder G, Jiggins CD, Kronforst MR, Long AD, McMillan WO & Reed RD (2012) Diversification of complex butterfly wing patterns by repeated regulatory evolution of a Wnt ligand. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 109(31), 12632-12637.
• Dasmahapatra KK, Walters JR, Briscoe AD, Davey JW, Whibley A, Nadeau NJ, Zimin AV, Hughes DST, Ferguson LC, Martin SH , Salazar C et al (2012) Butterfly genome reveals promiscuous exchange of mimicry adaptations among species. NATURE, 487(7405), 94-98. View this article in WRRO
• Nadeau NJ, Whibley A, Jones RT, Davey JW, Dasmahapatra KK, Baxter SW, Quail MA, Joron M, Ffrench-Constant RH, Blaxter ML , Mallet J et al (2012) Genomic islands of divergence in hybridizing Heliconius butterflies identified by large-scale targeted sequencing. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 367(1587), 343-353.
• Surridge AK, Lopez-Gomollon S, Moxon S, Maroja LS, Rathjen T, Nadeau NJ, Dalmay T & Jiggins CD (2011) Characterisation and expression of microRNAs in developing wings of the neotropical butterfly Heliconius melpomene. BMC Genomics, 12. View this article in WRRO
• Nadeau NJ & Jiggins CD (2010) A golden age for evolutionary genetics? Genomic studies of adaptation in natural populations. TRENDS IN GENETICS, 26(11), 484-492.
• Ferguson L, Lee SF, Chamberlain N, Nadeau N, Joron M, Baxter S, Wilkinson P, Papanicolaou A, Kumar S, Kee T-J , Clark R et al (2010) Characterization of a hotspot for mimicry: assembly of a butterfly wing transcriptome to genomic sequence at the HmYb/Sb locus. MOLECULAR ECOLOGY, 19, 240-254.
• Baxter SW, Nadeau NJ, Maroja LS, Wilkinson P, Counterman BA, Dawson A, Beltran M, Perez-Espona S, Chamberlain N, Ferguson L , Clark R et al (2010) Genomic Hotspots for Adaptation: The Population Genetics of Mullerian Mimicry in the Heliconius melpomene Clade. PLOS GENETICS, 6(2). View this article in WRRO
• Nadeau N, Minvielle F, Ito S, Inoue-Murayama M, Gourichon D, Follett SA, Burke T & Mundy NI (2008) Characterization of Japanese quail yellow as a genomic deletion upstream of the avian homolog of the mammalian ASIP (agouti) gene. GENETICS, 178(2), 777-786.
• Nadeau NJ, Mundy NI, Gourichon D & Minvielle F (2007) Association of a single-nucleotide substitution in TYRP1 with roux in Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica). ANIMAL GENETICS, 38(6), 609-613.
• Nadeau NJ, Burke T & Mundy NI (2007) Evolution of an avian pigmentation gene correlates with a measure of sexual selection. P R SOC B, 274(1620), 1807-1813.
• Nadeau NJ, Minvielle F & Mundy NI (2006) Association of a Glu92Lys substitution in MC1R with extended brown in Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica). ANIMAL GENETICS, 37(3), 287-289.
• Mundy NI, Badcock NS, Hart T, Scribner K, Janssen K & Nadeau NJ (2004) Conserved genetic basis of a quantitative plumage trait involved in mate choice. SCIENCE, 303(5665), 1870-1873.
• Babarović F, Cooney CR, Varley ZK, Nouri LO, Nadeau NJ & Thomas GH () The effects of ecology and behavior on the evolution of coloration in Coraciiformes. Behavioral Ecology.
• Arwin H, Barla P, Blake AJ, Borsuk A, Brien M, Burg S, Chang Y, Freyer P, Hardy M, Holt A , Kallepalli A et al () Optics and photonics in nature: general discussion. Faraday Discussions.
• Bermudez Ureña E, Borsuk A, Clark H, Fosbury R, Godinho MH, Hardy M, Holt A, Kolle M, Kuttner C, Lopez-Garcia M , McDougal A et al () The role of composition: natural materials vs. synthetic composites: general discussion. Faraday Discussions.

Chapters

• Nadeau NJ & Kawakami T (2019) Population Genomics of Speciation and Admixture In Rajora OP (Ed.), Population Genomics: Concepts, Approaches and Applications (pp. 613-653). Springer View this article in WRRO

Preprints

• Babarovic F, Cooney CR, Zinn T, Drobniak SM, Janas K, Kennedy JD, Nadeau NJ, Parnell AJ, Thomas GH & Burg S (2023) The mechanistic basis of evolutionary transitions between grey, slate, and blue colour in Tanagers (Thraupidae), Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
• Babarovic F, Cooney CR, Guillerme T, Nadeau NJ & Thomas GH (2023) Evolutionary dynamics of pigmentary grey and non- iridescent structural blue colouration in Tanagers (family: Thraupidae), Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
• Lloyd VJ, Burg SL, Harizanova J, Hill O, Enciso-Romero J, Cooper RL, Flenner S, Longo E, Greving I, Nadeau NJ & Parnell AJ (2023) The actin cytoskeleton plays multiple roles in structural color formation in butterfly wing scales, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
• Montejo-Kovacevich G, Meier JI, Bacquet CN, Warren IA, Chan YF, Kucka M, Salazar C, Rueda N, Montgomery SH, McMillan WO , Kozak KM et al () Repeated genetic adaptation to high altitude in two tropical butterflies, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
• Brien MN, Enciso Romero J, Lloyd VJ, Curran EV, Parnell AJ, Morochz C, Salazar PA, Rastas P, Zinn T & Nadeau NJ () The genetic basis of structural colour variation in mimetic Heliconius butterflies, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
• Bainbridge HE, Brien MN, Morochz C, Salazar PA, Rastas P & Nadeau NJ () Limited genetic parallels underlie convergent evolution of quantitative pattern variation in mimetic butterflies, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
• Moest M, Van Belleghem SM, James JE, Salazar C, Martin SH, Barker SL, Moreira GRP, Mérot C, Joron M, Nadeau NJ , Steiner FM et al () Classic and introgressed selective sweeps shape mimicry loci across a butterfly adaptive radiation, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
• Arias M, Griffiths D, Joron M, Davey J, Martin S, Jiggins C, Nadeau N & Llaurens V () Generalisation behaviour of predators toward warning signals displayed by harmful prey: answers from a videogame played by humans, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
• Nadeau N, Pardo-Diaz C, Whibley A, Supple MA, Wallbank R, Wu GC, Maroja L, Ferguson L, Hines H, Salazar C , ffrench-Constant R et al () The origins of a novel butterfly wing patterning gene from within a family of conserved cell cycle regulators, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
• Nadeau N, Ruiz M, Salazar P, Counterman B, Medina JA, Ortiz-Zuazaga H, Morrison A, McMillan WO, Jiggins C & Papa R () Population genomics of parallel hybrid zones in the mimetic butterflies, H. melpomene and H. erato, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.