The mimetic wing pattern of Papilio polytes butterflies is regulated by a doublesex-orchestrated gene network

The swallowtail butterfly Papilio polytes is sexually dimorphic and exhibits female-limited Batesian mimicry. This species also has two female forms, a non-mimetic form with male-like wing patterns, and a mimetic form resembling an unpalatable model, Pachliopta aristolochiae . The mimicry locus H co...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Communications biology 2019-07, Vol.2 (1), p.257-257, Article 257
Hauptverfasser:	Iijima, Takuro, Yoda, Shinichi, Fujiwara, Haruhiko
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	38/39 38/77 38/89 38/91 631/181/2476 631/208/200 631/208/505 631/337/2019 Animals Batesian mimicry Biological Mimicry - genetics Biology Biomedical and Life Sciences Butterflies - genetics DNA-Binding Proteins - metabolism Female Gene Expression Regulation Gene Regulatory Networks Homeobox Homeodomain Proteins - metabolism Life Sciences Mimicry Papilio Phenotype Pigmentation Ribonucleic acid RNA RNA Interference RNA, Small Interfering - metabolism Sequence Analysis, RNA Sex Characteristics Sexual dimorphism Transcriptome Wings Wings, Animal - physiology Wnt1 Protein - metabolism
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