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Gene Duplication and Gene Expression Changes Play a Role in the Evolution of Candidate Pollen Feeding Genes in Heliconius Butterflies

Heliconius possess a unique ability among butterflies to feed on pollen. Pollen feeding significantly extends their lifespan, and is thought to have been important to the diversification of the genus. We used RNA sequencing to examine feeding-related gene expression in the mouthparts of four species...

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Autores principales: Smith, Gilbert, Macias-Muñoz, Aide, Briscoe, Adriana D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5010911/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27553646
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evw180