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The transcription factor Apontic-like controls diverse colouration pattern in caterpillars.
Nature communications - 18 Sept 2014
Yoda Shinichi, Yamaguchi Junichi, Mita Kazuei, Yamamoto Kimiko, Banno Yutaka, Ando Toshiya, Daimon Takaaki, Fujiwara Haruhiko
Abstract excerpt
Genetic polymorphisms underlie the convergent and divergent evolution of various phenotypes. Diverse colour patterns on caterpillars, which are ecologically important, are good models for understanding the molecular backgrounds of phenotypic diversity. Here we show that a single evolutionarily conserved gene apontic-like (apt-like) encoding for a putative transcription factor accounts for the silkworm p locus,...
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