Comprehensive microarray-based analysis for stage-specific larval camouflage pattern-associated genes in the swallowtail butterfly, <it>Papilio xuthus</it>

Comprehensive microarray-based analysis for stage-specific larval camouflage pattern-associated genes in the swallowtail butterfly, <it>Papilio xuthus</it>

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Body coloration is an ecologically important trait that is often involved in prey-predator interactions through mimicry and crypsis. Although this subject has attracted the interest of biologists and the general public, our scientifi...

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Main Authors: Futahashi Ryo, Shirataki Hiroko, Narita Takanori, Mita Kazuei, Fujiwara Haruhiko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-05-01
Series:BMC Biology
Subjects:
Butterfly
color pattern evolution
expressed sequence tag (EST)
larval body marking
microarray
<it>Papilio polytes</it>
<it>Papilio xuthus</it>
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/10/46

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