Outbred genome sequencing and CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing in butterflies

A genetic mechanism for female-limited Batesian mimicry in Papilio butterfly

(2015) Hideki Nishikawa et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Tiger Swallowtail Genome Reveals Mechanisms for Speciation and Caterpillar Chemical Defense

(2015) Qian Cong et al.   Cell Reports

Pigmentation and behavior: potential association through pleiotropic genes in Drosophila

(2015) Aya Takahashi   GENES & GENETIC SYSTEMS

CasOT: a genome-wide Cas9/gRNA off-target searching tool

(2014) A. Xiao et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Cas-OFFinder: a fast and versatile algorithm that searches for potential off-target sites of Cas9 RNA-guided endonucleases

(2014) S. Bae et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Low Incidence of Off-Target Mutations in Individual CRISPR-Cas9 and TALEN Targeted Human Stem Cell Clones Detected by Whole-Genome Sequencing

(2014) Adrian Veres et al.   Cell Stem Cell

doublesex is a mimicry supergene

(2014) K. Kunte et al.   NATURE

Targeted and genome-wide sequencing reveal single nucleotide variations impacting specificity of Cas9 in human stem cells

(2014) Luhan Yang et al.   Nature Communications

The Glanville fritillary genome retains an ancient karyotype and reveals selective chromosomal fusions in Lepidoptera

(2014) Virpi Ahola et al.   Nature Communications

COSMID: A Web-based Tool for Identifying and Validating CRISPR/Cas Off-target Sites

(2014) Thomas J Cradick et al.   Molecular Therapy-Nucleic Acids

The CRISPR/Cas System mediates efficient genome engineering in Bombyx mori

(2013) Yueqiang Wang et al.   CELL RESEARCH

Genome Engineering of Drosophila with the CRISPR RNA-Guided Cas9 Nuclease

(2013) Scott J. Gratz et al.   GENETICS

A heterozygous moth genome provides insights into herbivory and detoxification

(2013) Minsheng You et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Multiplex Genome Engineering Using CRISPR/Cas Systems

(2013) L. Cong et al.   SCIENCE

ZFN, TALEN, and CRISPR/Cas-based methods for genome engineering

(2013) Thomas Gaj et al.   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Highly Efficient Targeted Mutagenesis of Drosophila with the CRISPR/Cas9 System

(2013) Andrew R. Bassett et al.   Cell Reports

Efficient targeted mutagenesis in the monarch butterfly using zinc-finger nucleases

(2012) C. Merlin et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

MonarchBase: the monarch butterfly genome database

(2012) Shuai Zhan et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Correcting errors in short reads by multiple alignments

(2011) L. Salmela et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

The Monarch Butterfly Genome Yields Insights into Long-Distance Migration

(2011) Shuai Zhan et al.   CELL

Principles of planar polarity in animal development

(2011) L. V. Goodrich et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Circumventing Heterozygosity: Sequencing the Amplified Genome of a Single HaploidDrosophila melanogasterEmbryo

(2011) Charles H. Langley et al.   GENETICS

Cretaceous origin and repeated tertiary diversification of the redefined butterflies

(2011) M. Heikkila et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Scaffolding pre-assembled contigs using SSPACE

(2010) Marten Boetzer et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Planar cell polarity: the orientation of larval denticles in Drosophila appears to depend on gradients of Dachsous and Fat

(2010) A. Repiso et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Species-specific coordinated gene expression and trans-regulation of larval color pattern in three swallowtail butterflies

(2010) Hiroko Shirataki et al.   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT

ZiFiT (Zinc Finger Targeter): an updated zinc finger engineering tool

(2010) J. D. Sander et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

A tropical horde of counterfeit predator eyes

(2010) D. H. Janzen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Fixed eyespot display in a butterfly thwarts attacking birds

(2009) Ullasa Kodandaramaiah et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

New insights into short-chain prenyltransferases: structural features, evolutionary history and potential for selective inhibition

(2009) Sophie Vandermoten et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

Abd-B suppresses lepidopteran proleg development in posterior abdomen

(2009) Shuichiro Tomita et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

De novo assembly of human genomes with massively parallel short read sequencing

(2009) R. Li et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

yellow and ebony Are the Responsible Genes for the Larval Color Mutants of the Silkworm Bombyx mori

(2008) R. Futahashi et al.   GENETICS