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The Role of the Dopamine Melanin Pathway in the Ontogeny of Elytral Melanization in Harmonia axyridis

Polymorphic melanism in insects is a conspicuous phenotype which is derived from specific genotypes, and might be central to speciation processes via assortative sexual selection. At the molecular level, melanism in insects is attributed to the melanin pathway. DOPA decarboxylase (DDC) protein encod...

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Autores principales: Chen, Xu, Xiao, Da, Du, Xiaoyan, Guo, Xiaojun, Zhang, Fan, Desneux, Nicolas, Zang, Liansheng, Wang, Su
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6719567/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31507439
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2019.01066