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The mimetic wing pattern of Papilio polytes butterflies is regulated by a doublesex-orchestrated gene network

The swallowtail butterfly Papilio polytes is sexually dimorphic and exhibits female-limited Batesian mimicry. This species also has two female forms, a non-mimetic form with male-like wing patterns, and a mimetic form resembling an unpalatable model, Pachliopta aristolochiae. The mimicry locus H con...

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Autores principales: Iijima, Takuro, Yoda, Shinichi, Fujiwara, Haruhiko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6620351/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31312726
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42003-019-0510-7