Publications
66. Brejon E, Tremble K, Dentinger B, Dasmahapatra KK, Hoffman JI (2025) A haplotype-resolved chromosomal reference genome for the porcini mushroom Boletus edulis. G3 jkaf069 https://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkaf069 
65. van der Heijden ESM, Näsvall K, Nobre CEB, Seixas FA, D Maia AC, Salazar-Carrión P, Walker JM, Szczerbowski D, Schulz S, Warren IA, Córdova KGG, Sánchez-Carvajal MJ, Chandi F, Arias-Cruz AP, Rueda-M N, Salazar C, Dasmahapatra KK, Montgomery SH, McClure M, Absolon DE, Mathers TC, Santos CA, McCarthy S, Wood JMD, Bacquet C, Freitas AVL, Willmott KR, Jiggins CD, Elias M, Meier JI (accepted) Genomics of Neotropical biodiversity indicators: two butterfly radiations with rampant chromosomal rearrangements and hybridisation.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
64. Cama B, Ehlers S, O'Roarty H, Szczerbowski D, Nadeau NJ, Jiggins CD, Schulz S, McMillan WO, Thomas-Oates J, Dasmahapatra KK (2025) Sexual conflict and the evolution of abdominal chemicals in Heliconiini butterflies.Chemecology https://doi.org/10.1007/s00049-025-00417-w
63. Dasmahapatra KK, Mallet J (accepted) Mimicry and gene flow among species: reply to Brower & Garzón-Orduña.Antenna
62. Hoffman JI, Vendrami D, Hench K, Chen R, Stoffel M, Kardos M, Amos W, Kalinowski J, Rickert D, Köhrer K, Wachtmeister T, Goebel M, Bonin C, Gulland F, Dasmahapatra KK (2024) Genomic and fitness consequences of a near-extinction event in the northern elephant seal. Nature Ecology and Evolution 8:2309-2324. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02533-2
61. Melissa M, Dasmahapatra KK, Morecroft MD, Thomas CD, Hill JK (2024) Reductions in size of montane butterflies at their warm range boundaries. Ecological Entomology 49:983-988. https://doi.org/10.1111/een.13369
60. Brejon E, Tremble K, Dasmahapatra KK, Dentinger B, Hoffman JI (2024) Runs of homozygosity reveal contrasting histories of inbreeding across global lineages of the edible mushroom, Boletus edulis. Molecular Ecology 33:e17470 https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17470
59. Cama B, Heaton K, Thomas-Oates J, Schulz S, Dasmahapatra KK (2024) Complexity of chemical emissions increases concurrently with sexual maturity in Heliconius butterflies. Journal of Chemical Ecology https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-024-01484-z
58. Rosser N, Seixas F, Queste LM, Cama B, Mori-Pezo R, Kryvokhyzha D, Nelson M, Waite-Hudson R, Goringe M, Costa M, Elias M, de Figueiredo CME, Freitas AVL, Joron M, Kozak K, Lamas G, Martins ARP, McMillan WO, Ready J, Rueda-Muñoz N, Salazar C, Salazar P, Schulz S, Shirai LT, Silva-Brandão KL, Mallet J, Dasmahapatra KK (2024) Hybrid speciation driven by multilocus introgression of ecological traits. Nature 628:811-817. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07263-w
57. Page EJ, Queste LM, Rosser N, Salazar P, Nadeau N, Mallet J, Sryley 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 121 (11) e2300886121. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2300886121
56. White LJ, Russell AJ, Pizzey AR, Dasmahapatra KK, Pownall ME (2023) The presence of two MyoD genes in a subset of Acanthopterygii fish is associated with a polyserine insert in MyoD1. Journal of Developmental Biology. 11(2):19. https://doi.org/10.3390/jdb11020019
55. Lawson MRM, Hayle MGB, Shechonge AH, Nyingi WD, Ford AG, Dasmahapatra KK (2023) Sympatric and allopatric Alcolapia soda lake cichlid species show similar levels of assortative mating. Frontiers of Ecology and Evolution. 11:1150083. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2023.1150083
54. White LJ, Rose M, Lawson M, Joyce D, Smith AM, Thomas GH, Dasmahapatra KK, Pownall ME (2022) Two closely related ureotelic fish species of the genus Alcolapia express different levels of ammonium transporters in gills. Biology Open. 11:bio059575. https://doi.org/10.1242/bio.059575
53. Cama B, Ehlers S, Sczcerbowski D, Thomas-Oates J, Jiggins CD, McMillan WO, Dasmahapatra KK (2022) Exploitation of an ancestral pheromone biosynthetic pathway contributes to diversification in Heliconius butterflies. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 289:20220474. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.0474
52. Hoffman JI, Chen RS, Vendrami DLJ, Paijmans AJ, Humble E, Dasmahapatra KK, Forcada J (2022) Demographic reconstruction of Antarctic fur seals supports the krill surplus hypothesis. Genes. 13:541. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes13030541
51. Rosser N, Edelman NB, Queste LM, Nelson M, Seixas F, Dasmahapatra KK, Mallet J (2021) Complex basis of hybrid female sterility and Haldane’s rule in Heliconius butterflies: Z-linkage and epistasis. Molecular Ecology. 31:959-977. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16272
50. Doré M, Willmott K, Leroy B, Chazot N, Dasmahapatra KK, Mallet J, Freitas AVL, Hall JPW, Lamas G, Fontaine C, Elias M (2022) Anthropogenic pressures coincide with Neotropical biodiversity hotspots in a flagship butterfly group. Diversity and Distributions. 00:1-19. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13455
49. Rosser N, Shirai L, Dasmahapatra KK, Mallet J, Freitas A (2021) The Amazon river is a suture zone for a polyphyletic group of co-mimetic heliconiine butterflies. Ecography. 44:177-187. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.05282
48. Sutton G, White LJ, Ford AGP, Shechonge A, Day JJ, Dasmahapatra KK, Pownall ME (2020) Exploring the expression of cardiac regulators in a vertebrate adapted to an extreme environment: the cichlid fish Oreochromis (Alcolapia) alcalica. Journal of Developmental Biology. 8:22. https://doi.org/10.3390/jdb8040022
47. White LJ, Sutton G, Shechonge A, Day JJ, Dasmahapatra KK, Pownall ME (2020) Adaptation of the carbamoyl-phosphate synthetase (CPS) enzyme in an extremophile fish. Royal Society Open Science. 7:201200. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.201200
46. Morris J, Hanley JJ, Martin SH, Van Belleghem SM, Salazar C, Jiggins CD, Dasmahapatra KK (2020) Deep convergence, shared ancestry and evolutionary novelty in the cis-regulatory architecture of Heliconius mimicry. Genetics. 216:765-780. https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.120.303611
45. Minter M, Dasmahapatra KK, Thomas CD, Morecorft MD, Tonhasca A, Schmitt T, Siozios S & Hill JK (2020) Past, current and potential future distributions of unique genetic diversity in a cold-adapted mountain butterfly. Ecology and Evolution. 10:11155–11168. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6755
44. Edelman NB, Frandsen PB, Miyagi M, Clavijo B, Davey J, Dikow R, Garcia-Accinelli G, Van Belleghem SM, Patterson N, Neafsky DE, Challis R, Kumar S, Moreira GRP, Salazar C, Chouteau M, Counterman BA, Papa R, Blaxter M, Reed RD, Dasmahapatra KK, Kronforst M, Joron M, Jiggins CD, McMillan WO, Di Palma F, Blumberg AJ, Wakeley J, Jaffe D, Mallet J (2019) Genomic architecture and introgression shape a butterfly radiation. Science. 366:594-599. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaw2090
43. Rosser N, Queste LM, Cama B, Edelman N, Mann F, Pezo RM, Morris J, Segami C, Velado P, Schulz S, Mallet J, Dasmahapatra KK (2019) Geographic contrasts between pre- and postzygotic barriers are consistent with reinforcement in Heliconius butterflies. Evolution. 73:1821-1838. https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.13804
42. Morris J, Navarro N, Rastas P, Rawlins L, Sammy J, Mallet J, Dasmahapatra KK (2019) The genetic architecture of adaptation: convergence and pleiotropy in Heliconius wing pattern evolution. Heredity. 123:138-152. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41437-018-0180-0
41. Rosser N, Freitas AVL, Huertas B, Joron M, Lamas G, Mérot C, Simpson F, Willmott KW, Mallet J, Dasmahapatra KK (2019) Cryptic speciation associated with geographic and ecological divergence in two Amazonian Heliconius butterflies. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 186:233-249. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zly046
40. Humble E, Dasmahapatra KK, Martinez-Barrio A, Gregório I, Forcada J, Polikeit A, Goldsworthy S, Goebel M, Kalinowski J, Wolf J, Hoffman J (2018) RAD sequencing and a hybrid Antarctic fur seal genome assembly reveal rapidly decaying linkage disequilibrium, global population structure and evidence for inbreeding. G3. 8:2709-2722. https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.118.200171
39. Jay P, Whibley A, Freznal L, de Cara A, Nowell RW, Mallet J, Dasmahapatra KK, Joron M (2018) Supergene evolution triggered by the introgression of a chromosomal inversion. Current Biology. 28:1839–1845. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2018.04.072
38. Peart C, Dasmahapatra KK, Day JJ (2018) Contrasting geographic structure in evolutionarily divergence Lake Tanganyika catfishes. Ecology and Evolution. 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3860
37. Mann F, Vanjari S, Rosser N, Mann S, Dasmahapatra KK, Corbin C, Linares M, Pardo-Diaz C, Salazar C, Jiggins C, Schulz S (2017) The scent chemistry of Heliconius wing androconia. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 43:843-857. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-017-0867-3
36. Ford AGP, Ruber L, Newton J, Dasmahapatra KK, Balarin JD, Bruun K, Day JJ (2016) Niche divergence facilitated by fine-scale ecological partitioning in a recent cichlid fish adaptive radiation. Evolution70: 2718–2735. https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.13072
35. Davey JW, Chouteau M, Barker SL, Maroja L, Baxter SW, Simpson F, Joron M, Mallet J, Dasmahapatra KK, Jiggins CD (2016) Major improvements to the Heliconius melpomene genome assembly used to confirm 10 chromosome fusion events in 6 million years of butterfly evolution. G3 6: 695-708. https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.115.023655
34. Zhang W, Dasmahapatra KK, Mallet J, Moreira G, Kronforst M (2016) Genome-wide introgression among distantly related Heliconius butterfly species. Genome Biology 17: 25. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-016-0889-0
33. Wallbank RWR, Baxter SW, Pardo-Diaz C, Hanly JJ, Martin SH, Mallet J, Dasmahapatra KK, Salazar C, Joron M, Nadeau N, McMillan WO, Jiggins CD (2016) Evolutionary novelty in a butterfly wing pattern through enhancer shuffling. PLoS Biology 14(1) e1002353. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002353
32. Merrill RM, Dasmahapatra KK, Davey JW, Dell'Aglio DD, Hanly JJ, Huber B, Jiggins CD, Joron M, Kozak KM, Llaurens V, Martin SH, Montgomery SH, Morris J, Nadeau NJ, Pinharanda AL, Rosser N, Thompson MJ, Vanjari S, Wallbank RWR, Yu Q (2015) The diversification of Heliconius butterflies: What have we learned in 150 years? Journal of Evolutionary Biology 28: 1417-1438. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.12672
31. Ford AGP, Dasmahapatra KK, Ruber L, Gharbi K, Cezard T, Day JJ (2015) High levels of interspecific gene flow in an endemic cichlid fish adaptive radiation from an extreme lake environment. Molecular Ecology 24: 3421-3440. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.13247
30. Kozak KM, Wahlberg N, Neild A, Dasmahapatra KK, Mallet J, Jiggins CD (2015) Multilocus species trees show the recent adaptive radiation of the mimetic Heliconius butterflies. Systematic Biology 64: 505-524. https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syv007
29. Keightley PD, Pinharanda A, Ness RW, Simpson F, Dasmahapatra KK, Mallet J, Davey JW, Jiggins CD (2015) Estimation of the spontaneous mutation rate in Heliconius melpomene. Molecular Biology and Evolution 23: 239-243. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msu302
28. Rosser N, Dasmahapatra KK, Mallet J (2014) Stable Heliconius butterfly hybrid zones are correlated with a local rainfall peak at the edge of the Amazon basin. Evolution 68: 3470-3483. https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.12539
27. Hoffman JI, Simpson F, David P, Rijks JM, Kuiken T, Thorne MAS, Lacy RC, Dasmahapatra KK (2014) High-throughput sequencing reveals inbreeding in a natural population. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 111: 3775-3780. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1318945111
26. Martin SH, Dasmahapatra KK, Nadeau NJ, Salazar C, Walters JR, Simpson F, Blaxter ML, Manica A, Mallet J, Jiggins CD (2013) Genome-wide evidence for speciation with gene flow in Heliconius butterflies. Genome Research 23: 1817-1828. https://doi.org/10.1101/gr.159426.113
25. Briscoe AD, Muños AM, Kozak KM, Walters JR, Yuan F, Jamie GA, Martin SH, Dasmahapatra KK, Ferguson LC, Mallet J, Jacquin-Joly E, Jiggins CD (2013) Female behaviour drives expression and evolution of gustatory receptors in butterflies. PLOS Genetics 9(7): e1003620. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1003620
24. Supple MA, Hines HM, Dasmahapatra KK, Lewis JL, Nielsen DM, Lavoie C, Ray DA, Salazar C, McMillan WO, Counterman BA (2013) Genomic architecture of adaptive color pattern divergence and convergence in Heliconius butterflies. Genome Research 23: 1248-1257. https://doi.org/10.1101/gr.150615.112
23. Mérot C, Mavárez J, Evin A, Dasmahapatra KK, Mallet J, Lamas G, Joron M (2013) Genetic differentiation without mimicry shift in a pair of hybridising Heliconius species (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 109: 830-847. https://doi.org/10.1111/bij.12091
22. 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: 814-826. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05730.x
21. Mallet J, Dasmahapatra KK (2012) Hybrid zones and the speciation continuum in Heliconius butterflies. Molecular Ecology 21: 5643-5645. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.12058
20. Dasmahapatra KK, Walters JR et al. (2012) Butterfly genome reveals promiscuous exchange of mimicry adaptations among species. Nature 487: 94-98. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature11041
19. Hill RI, Elias M, Dasmahapatra KK, Jiggins CD, Koong V, Willmott KR, Mallet J (2012) Ecologically relevant cryptic species in the highly polymorphic Amazonian butterfly Mechanitis mazaeus sensu lato (Lepidoptera : Nymphalidae ; Ithomiini). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 106: 540-560. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2012.01874.x
18. Nadeau NJ, Whibley A, Jones RT, Davey JW, Dasmahapatra KK, Baxter SW, Quail MA, Joron M, ffrench-Constant RH, Blaxter ML, Mallet J, Jiggins CD (2012). Genomic islands of divergence in hybridizing Heliconius butterflies identified by large-scale targeted sequencing. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 367: 343-353. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2011.0198
17. McInnes L, Baker WJ, Barraclough TG, Dasmahapatra KK, Goswami A, Harmon LJ, Morlon H, Purvis A, Rosindell J, Thomas GH, Turvey ST, Phillimore A (2011) Integrating ecology into macroevolutionary research. Biology Letters 7: 644-646. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2011.0358
16. Mallet J, Dasmahapatra KK (2011) Catfish mimics. (News and Views on Alexandrou et al. in the same issue) Nature 469: 41-42. https://doi.org/10.1038/469041a
15. Dasmahapatra KK, Lamas G, Simpson F, Mallet J (2010) The anatomy of a 'suture zone' in Amazonian butterflies: a coalescent-based test for vicariant geographic divergence and speciation. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04802.x Molecular Ecology 19: 4283-4301.
14. Dasmahapatra KK, Elias M, Hill RI, Hoffman JI, Mallet J (2010) Mitochondrial DNA barcoding detects some species that are real, and some that are not. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02763.x Molecular Ecology Resources 10: 264-273.
13. Hoffman JI, Dasmahapatra KK, Amos W, Phillips CD, Gelatt TS, Bickham JW (2009) Contrasting patterns of genetic diversity at three different genetic markers in a marine mammal metapopulation. Molecular Ecology 18: 2961-2978. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04246.x
12. Dasmahapatra KK, Hoffman JI, Amos W (2009) Pinniped phylogenetic relationships inferred using AFLP markers. Heredity 103: 168-177. https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.2009.25
11. Dasmahapatra KK, Lacy RC, Amos W (2007) Estimating levels of inbreeding using AFLP markers. Heredity 100: 286-295. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.hdy.6801075
FAFLPcalc.xls: Excel macro using the iterative process described in the publication to estimate inbreeding coefficients from AFLP data.
FAFLPcalc.doc: Some documentation on using the macro.
10. Hoffman JI, Dasmahapatra KK, Nichols HJ (2007) Ten novel polymorphic dinucleotide microsatellite loci cloned from the Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus gazella. Molecular Ecology Notes 8: 459-461. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-8286.2007.01993.x
9. Elias M, Hill RI, Willmott KR, Dasmahapatra KK, Brower AVZ, Mallet J, Jiggins CD (2007) Limited performance of DNA barcoding in a diverse community of tropical butterflies. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 274: 2881-2889. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2007.1035
8. Dasmahapatra KK, Chung J, Silva-Vasquez A, Mallet J (2007) Genetic analysis of a wild-caught hybrid between non-sister Heliconius butterfly species. Biology Letters 3: 360-363. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2007.0401
7. Dasmahapatra KK, Mallet J (2006) DNA barcodes: recent successes and future prospects. Heredity 97: 254- 255. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.hdy.6800858
6. Dasmahapatra KK, Lessells CM, Mateman AC, Amos W (2004) Microsatellite loci in the European bee-eater, Merops apiaster. Molecular Ecology Notes 4: 500-502. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-8286.2004.00726.x
5. Madden JR, Lowe TJ, Fuller HV, Coe R, Dasmahapatra KK, Amos W, Dury F (2004) Neighbouring male spotted bowerbirds are not related, but do maraud each other. Animal Behaviour 68: 751-758. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2003.12.006
4. Madden JR, Lowe TJ, Fuller HV, Coe R, Dasmahapatra KK, Amos W, Dury F (2004) Local traditions of bower decoration by spotted bowerbirds in a single population. Animal Behaviour 68: 759-765. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2003.12.007
3. Blum MJ, Bermingham EP, Dasmahapatra K (2003) A molecular phylogeny of the neotropical butterfly genus Anartia (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 26: 46-55. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1055-7903(02)00291-9
2. Dasmahapatra KK, Blum MJ, Aiello A, Hackwell S, Davies N, Bermingham EP, Mallet J (2002) Inferences from a rapidly moving hybrid zone. Evolution 56: 741-753. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0014-3820.2002.tb01385.x
1. Corbet SA, Bee J, Dasmahapatra K, Gale S, Gorringe E, La Ferla B, Moorhouse T, Trevail A, Van Bergen Y, Vorontsova M (2001) Native or exotic? Double or single? Evaluating plants for pollinator-friendly gardens. Annals of Botany 87: 219-232. https://doi.org/10.1006/anbo.2000.1322