The functional basis of wing patterning in Heliconius butterflies: The molecules behind mimicry

Genetics

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-19

  Kronforst, Marcus R ^a   Papa, Riccardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO RIO PIEDRAS   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Heliconius; Mimicry; Speciation

Indexed keywords

UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN; WNTA PROTEIN;

BUTTERFLY; FORELIMB; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE SWITCHING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HELICONIUS; HYBRIDIZATION; INTROGRESSION; MATE CHOICE; MATING; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MORPHOGENESIS; NATURAL SELECTION; NEOTROPICS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; REVIEW; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MIMICRY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PIGMENTATION; WING;

ANIMALIA; HELICONIUS; PAPILIONOIDEA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MIMICRY; BUTTERFLIES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; PIGMENTATION; WINGS, ANIMAL;

EID: 84928993364     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 19432631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.114.172387     Document Type: Review

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