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Batesian mimicry has evolved with deleterious effects of the pleiotropic gene doublesex

Dimorphic female-limited Batesian mimicry in the swallowtail butterfly Papilio polytes is regulated by the supergene locus H, harbouring the mimetic (H) and non-mimetic (h) doublesex (dsx) gene. In the present study, we demonstrated that dsx-H negatively affects the number of eggs laid, hatching rat...

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Autores principales: Komata, Shinya, Kitamura, Tasuku, Fujiwara, Haruhiko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7721872/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33288816
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-78055-1