ArticleEvoDevo2020
Transcription factors underlying wing margin color patterns and pupal cuticle markings in butterflies.
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- The Genomic Landscape of Metallic Colour Variation in Ground Beetles.Molecular ecology · 2026Article
- Resource Availability Modulates Gene Expression Across Life Stages in a Migratory Butterfly.Molecular ecology · 2026Article
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- Acute and Long-Term Consequences of Co-opted doublesex on the Development of Mimetic Butterfly Color Patterns.Molecular biology and evolution · 2023Article
- The genetic basis of wing spots in Pieris canidia butterflies.BMC genomics · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe diversity of butterfly color patterns can be attributed to a relatively small number of pattern elements that are homologous across Lepidoptera. Although genes involved in patterning some of these elements have been identified, the development of several major elements remains poorly understood. To identify genes underlying wing pupal cuticle markings and wing margin color patterns, we examined expression of the candidate transcription factors Engrailed/Invected (En/Inv), Distal-less (Dll), Cubitus interruptus (Ci), and Spalt in two nymphalids:
resultsWe found that En/Inv, Dll, and Ci mark domains on the
conclusionOur observations support the model that a core set of regulatory genes are redeployed multiple times, and in multiple roles, during butterfly wing pattern development. Of these genes,
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