ArticleFrontiers in physiology2019
The Role of the Dopamine Melanin Pathway in the Ontogeny of Elytral Melanization in
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Abstract
Polymorphic melanism in insects is a conspicuous phenotype which is derived from specific genotypes, and might be central to speciation processes via assortative sexual selection. At the molecular level, melanism in insects is attributed to the melanin pathway. DOPA decarboxylase (DDC) protein encoded by the
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