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Aspartate Decarboxylase is Required for a Normal Pupa Pigmentation Pattern in the Silkworm, Bombyx mori.
Scientific reports - 16 Jun 2015
Dai Fangyin, Qiao Liang, Cao Cun, Liu Xiaofan, Tong Xiaoling, He Songzhen, Hu Hai, Zhang Li, Wu Songyuan, Tan Duan, Xiang Zhonghuai, Lu Cheng
Abstract excerpt
The pigmentation pattern of Lepidoptera varies greatly in different development stages. To date, the effects of key genes in the melanin metabolism pathway on larval and adult body color are distinct, yet the effects on pupal pigmentation remains unclear. In the silkworm, Bombyx mori, the black pupa (bp) mutant is only specifically melanized at the pupal stage. Using positional cloning, we found that a mutation...
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