System-dependent regulations of colour-pattern development: a mutagenesis study of the pale grass blue butterfly

Baculovirus-mediated gene transfer in butterfly wings in vivo: an efficient expression system with an anti-gp64 antibody

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Evolutionary history of the recruitment of conserved developmental genes in association to the formation and diversification of a novel trait

(2012) Leila T Shirai et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Structural analysis of eyespots: dynamics of morphogenic signals that govern elemental positions in butterfly wings

(2012) Joji M Otaki   BMC Systems Biology

Electroporation-mediated somatic transgenesis for rapid functional analysis in insects

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Diversification of complex butterfly wing patterns by repeated regulatory evolution of a Wnt ligand

(2012) A. Martin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Color Pattern Analysis of Nymphalid Butterfly Wings: Revision of the Nymphalid Groundplan

(2012) Joji M. Otaki   ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Eyespot colour pattern determination by serial induction in fish: Mechanistic convergence with butterfly eyespots

(2012) Yoshikazu Ohno et al.   Scientific Reports

The biological impacts of the Fukushima nuclear accident on the pale grass blue butterfly

(2012) Atsuki Hiyama et al.   Scientific Reports

Color-Pattern Evolution in Response to Environmental Stress in Butterflies

(2012) Atsuki Hiyama et al.   Frontiers in Genetics

The Monarch Butterfly Genome Yields Insights into Long-Distance Migration

(2011) Shuai Zhan et al.   CELL

Chromosomal rearrangements maintain a polymorphic supergene controlling butterfly mimicry

(2011) Mathieu Joron et al.   NATURE

Genomic Sequence around Butterfly Wing Development Genes: Annotation and Comparative Analysis

(2011) Inês C. Conceição et al.   PLoS One

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(2011) R. D. Reed et al.   SCIENCE

Color-Pattern Analysis of Eyespots in Butterfly Wings: A Critical Examination of Morphogen Gradient Models

(2011) Joji M. Otaki   ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Generation of Butterfly Wing Eyespot Patterns: A Model for Morphological Determination of Eyespot and Parafocal Element

(2011) Joji M. Otaki   ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Artificially induced changes of butterfly wing colour patterns: dynamic signal interactions in eyespot development

(2011) Joji M. Otaki   Scientific Reports

Single locus affects embryonic segment polarity and multiple aspects of an adult evolutionary novelty

(2010) Suzanne V Saenko et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Phenotypic plasticity in the range-margin population of the lycaenid butterfly Zizeeria maha

(2010) Joji M Otaki et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Rearing the pale grass blue Zizeeria maha (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae): Toward the establishment of a lycaenid model system for butterfly physiology and genetics

(2010) Atsuki HIYAMA et al.   ENTOMOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Physiological characterization of the cold-shock-induced humoral factor for wing color-pattern changes in butterflies

(2010) Shah H.A. Mahdi et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

RNA interference in Lepidoptera: An overview of successful and unsuccessful studies and implications for experimental design

(2010) Olle Terenius et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

A Gene-Based Linkage Map for Bicyclus anynana Butterflies Allows for a Comprehensive Analysis of Synteny with the Lepidopteran Reference Genome

(2009) Patrícia Beldade et al.   PLoS Genetics

Highly conserved gene order and numerous novel repetitive elements in genomic regions linked to wing pattern variation in Heliconius butterflies

(2008) Riccardo Papa et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Physiologically induced color-pattern changes in butterfly wings: Mechanistic and evolutionary implications

(2008) Joji M. Otaki   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Positional dependence of scale size and shape in butterfly wings: Wing-wide phenotypic coordination of color-pattern elements and background

(2008) Kiseki Kusaba et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Phenotypic plasticity of wing color patterns revealed by temperature and chemical applications in a nymphalid butterfly Vanessa indica

(2008) Joji M. Otaki   JOURNAL OF THERMAL BIOLOGY