Distal-less regulates eyespot patterns and melanization in bicyclus butterflies

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 320, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 321-331

  Monteiro, Antónia ^a,b   Chen, Bin ^a,b,c   Ramos, Diane M ^a,g   Oliver, Jeffrey C ^b   Tong, Xiaoling ^b   Guo, Min ^a   Wang, Wen Kai ^d   Fazzino, Lisa ^e   Kamal, Firdous ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHONGQING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d YANGTZE UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Choate Rosemary Hall   (United States)

^f State University of New York   (United States)

^g DAEMEN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; COLOR; DOWN REGULATION; EVOLUTION; FORELIMB; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; PIGMENTATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BUTTERFLIES; COLOR; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LARVA; MORPHOGENESIS; PIGMENTATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WING;

BICYCLUS; BICYCLUS ANYNANA; PAPILIONOIDEA; SAISSETIA OLEAE;

EID: 84879061799     PISSN: 15525007     EISSN: 15525015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.22503     Document Type: Article

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