The genetic, morphological, and physiological characterization of a dark larval cuticle mutation in the butterfly, Bicyclus anynana

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Bear, Ashley ^a   Simons, Ariel ^a   Westerman, Erica ^a   Monteiro, Antónia ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JUVENILE HORMONE;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; BICYCLUS ANYNANA; CATERPILLAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; LARVAL STAGE; LEPIDOPTERA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PIGMENTATION; PLEIOTROPY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; BUTTERFLY; GENETICS; LARVA; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

BICYCLUS ANYNANA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE;

ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; JUVENILE HORMONES; LARVA; MUTATION; PIGMENTATION;

EID: 77955381389     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011563     Document Type: Article

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