Convergent, modular expression of ebony and tan in the mimetic wing patterns of Heliconius butterflies

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 221, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 297-308

  Ferguson, Laura C ^a,b   Maroja, Luana ^c   Jiggins, Chris D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ebony; Heliconius; Mimicry; Pigmentation; Tan

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; GUANOSINE; MELANIN; THYMINE;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BUTTERFLY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; FEMALE; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HELICONIUS; HELICONIUS ERATO; HELICONIUS ERATO PETIVERANA; HELICONIUS HECALE; HELICONIUS ISMENIUS; HELICONIUS MELICERTA; HELICONIUS MELPOMENE AGLAOPE; HELICONIUS MELPOMENE AMARYLLIS; HELICONIUS MELPOMENE ROSINA; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILKWORM; UPREGULATION; WING DEVELOPMENT;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HELICONIUS; HEXAPODA; PAPILIONOIDEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84855210901     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: 1432041X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00427-011-0380-6     Document Type: Article

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