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The genetic, morphological, and physiological characterization of a dark larval cuticle mutation in the butterfly, Bicyclus anynana.

PloS one - 14 Jul 2010

Bear Ashley, Simons Ariel, Westerman Erica, Monteiro Antónia

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Studies on insect melanism have greatly contributed to our understanding of natural selection and the ultimate factors influencing the evolution of darkly pigmented phenotypes. Research on several species of melanic lepidopteran larvae have found that low levels of circulating juvenile hormone (JH) titers are associated with a melanic phenotype, suggesting that genetic changes in the JH biosynthetic pathway give...

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PMID: 20644735
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011563
PMCID: PMC2904379

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