Article
The ivory lncRNA regulates seasonal color patterns in buckeye butterflies.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 8 Oct 2024
Fandino Richard A, Brady Noah K, Chatterjee Martik, McDonald Jeanne M C, Livraghi Luca, van der Burg Karin R L, Mazo-Vargas Anyi, Markenscoff-Papadimitriou Eirene, Reed Robert D
Abstract excerpt
Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are transcribed elements increasingly recognized for their roles in regulating gene expression. Thus far, however, we have little understanding of how lncRNAs contribute to evolution and adaptation. Here, we show that a conserved lncRNA, ivory, is an important color patterning gene in the buckeye butterfly Junonia coenia. ivory overlaps with cortex, a locus linked to multiple cases...
Topics
- Animals
- Butterflies
- Insect Proteins
- Phenotype
- Pigmentation
- RNA, Long Noncoding
- Seasons
- Transcription Factors
- Wings, Animal