The origins of a novel butterfly wing patterning gene from within a family of conserved cell cycle regulators
Nicola Nadeau, Carolina Pardo-Diaz, Annabel Whibley, Megan Ann Supple, Richard Wallbank, Grace C. Wu, Luana Maroja, Laura Ferguson, Heather Hines, Camilo Salazar, Richard ffrench-Constant, Mathieu Joron, William Owen McMillan, Chris Jiggins
The paper identifies a novel gene, poikilomousa, that regulates color pattern switches in Heliconius butterflies and has evolved a new function from a conserved cell cycle regulator.
Nature · Jun 1, 2016Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology