Article
Multi-allelic major effect genes interact with minor effect QTLs to control adaptive color pattern variation in Heliconius erato.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Papa Riccardo, Kapan Durrell D, Counterman Brian A, Maldonado Karla, Lindstrom Daniel P, Reed Robert D, Nijhout H Frederik, Hrbek Tomas, McMillan W Owen
Abstract excerpt
Recent studies indicate that relatively few genomic regions are repeatedly involved in the evolution of Heliconius butterfly wing patterns. Although this work demonstrates a number of cases where homologous loci underlie both convergent and divergent wing pattern change among different Heliconius species, it is still unclear exactly how many loci underlie pattern variation across the genus. To address this...
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- Butterflies
- Chromosome Mapping
- Insect Proteins
- Pigmentation
- Quantitative Trait Loci
- Wings, Animal