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Spalt expression and the development of melanic color patterns in pierid butterflies

BACKGROUND: Little is currently known about wing pattern development in the butterfly family Pieridae, which consists mostly of black melanized elements on white or yellow/orange backgrounds. A single transcription factor, Spalt (Sal), has been previously associated with the development of some patt...

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Autores principales: Stoehr, Andrew M, Walker, Joseph F, Monteiro, Antónia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3610209/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23419038
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2041-9139-4-6