Identification of stage-specific larval camouflage associated genes in the swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 218, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 491-504

  Futahashi, Ryo ^a   Fujiwara, Haruhiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Butterfly; Color formation; Cuticle; Larval markings; Papilio xuthus

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LARVAL STAGE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AVES; PAPILIO XUTHUS; PAPILIONIDAE;

EID: 51049118330     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00427-008-0243-y     Document Type: Article

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