RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 How the Easter Egg Weevils Got Their Spots: Phylogenomics reveals Müllerian Mimicry in Pachyrhynchus (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) JF bioRxiv FD Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory SP 2021.01.20.427190 DO 10.1101/2021.01.20.427190 A1 Matthew H. Van Dam A1 Analyn Anzano Cabras A1 Athena W. Lam YR 2021 UL http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2021/01/21/2021.01.20.427190.abstract AB The evolutionary origins of mimicry in the Easter Egg weevil, Pachyrhynchus, have fascinated researchers since first noted more than a century ago by Alfred Russel Wallace. Müllerian mimicry, or mimicry in which two or more distasteful species look similar, is widespread throughout the animal kingdom. Given the varied but discrete color patterns in Pachyrhynchus, this genus presents one of the best opportunities to study the evolution of both perfect and imperfect mimicry. We analyzed more than 10,000 UCE loci using a novel partitioning strategy to resolve the relationships of closely related species in the genus. Our results indicate that many of the mimetic color patterns observed in sympatric species are due to convergent evolution. We suggest that this convergence is driven by frequency-dependent selection.Competing Interest StatementThe authors have declared no competing interest.