The diversification of butterfly wing patterns: Progress and prospects

Strong habitat-specific phenotypic plasticity but no genome-wide differentiation across a rainforest gradient in an African butterfly

(2023) Ying Zhen et al.   EVOLUTION

High level of novelty under the hood of convergent evolution

(2023) Steven M. Van Belleghem et al.   SCIENCE

Evidence for a single, ancient origin of a genus-wide alternative life history strategy

(2023) Kalle Tunström et al.   Science Advances

Genetics of yellow-orange color variation in a pair of sympatric sulphur butterflies

(2023) Joseph J. Hanly et al.   Cell Reports

Spatial and temporal regulation of Wnt signaling pathway members in the development of butterfly wing patterns

(2023) Tirtha Das Banerjee et al.   Science Advances

A genetic switch for male UV iridescence in an incipient species pair of sulphur butterflies

(2022) Vincent Ficarrotta et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Butterfly eyespots evolved via cooption of an ancestral gene-regulatory network that also patterns antennae, legs, and wings

(2022) Suriya Narayanan Murugesan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Spatiotemporal transcriptomic atlas of mouse organogenesis using DNA nanoball-patterned arrays

(2022) Ao Chen et al.   CELL

The evolution and diversification of oakleaf butterflies

(2022) Shuting Wang et al.   CELL

A Transcriptomic Atlas Underlying Developmental Plasticity of Seasonal Forms of Bicyclus anynana Butterflies

(2022) Shen Tian et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Deep cis-regulatory homology of the butterfly wing pattern ground plan

(2022) Anyi Mazo-Vargas et al.   SCIENCE

Ultrabithorax modifies a regulatory network of genes essential for butterfly eyespot development in a wing sector-specific manner

(2022) Yuji Matsuoka et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Functional unit of supergene in female-limited Batesian mimicry of Papilio polytes

(2022) Shinya Komata et al.   GENETICS

The evolution and genetics of sexually dimorphic ‘dual’ mimicry in the butterfly Elymnias hypermnestra

(2021) Dee M. Ruttenberg et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Predation favours Bicyclus anynana butterflies with fewer forewing eyespots

(2021) Ian Z. W. Chan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Single-cell epigenomics reveals mechanisms of human cortical development

(2021) Ryan S. Ziffra et al.   NATURE

A shared genetic basis of mimicry across swallowtail butterflies points to ancestral co-option of doublesex

(2020) Daniela H. Palmer et al.   Nature Communications

Origin of the mechanism of phenotypic plasticity in satyrid butterfly eyespots

(2020) Shivam Bhardwaj et al.   eLife

Butterfly Mimicry Polymorphisms Highlight Phylogenetic Limits of Gene Reuse in the Evolution of Diverse Adaptations

(2019) Nicholas W VanKuren et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Genetic convergence of industrial melanism in three geometrid moths

(2019) Arjen E. van't Hof et al.   Biology Letters

Parallel evolution of ancient, pleiotropic enhancers underlies butterfly wing pattern mimicry

(2019) James J. Lewis et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Interplay between Developmental Flexibility and Determinism in the Evolution of Mimetic Heliconius Wing Patterns

(2019) Carolina Concha et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

A transposable element insertion is associated with an alternative life history strategy

(2019) Alyssa Woronik et al.   Nature Communications

Parallel evolution of Batesian mimicry supergene in twoPapiliobutterflies,P. polytesandP. memnon

(2018) Takuro Iijima et al.   Science Advances

Aristaless Controls Butterfly Wing Color Variation Used in Mimicry and Mate Choice

(2018) Erica L. Westerman et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Sex Differences in 20-Hydroxyecdysone Hormone Levels Control Sexual Dimorphism in Bicyclus anynana Wing Patterns

(2017) Shivam Bhardwaj et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Macroevolutionary shifts ofWntAfunction potentiate butterfly wing-pattern diversity

(2017) Anyi Mazo-Vargas et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Single master regulatory gene coordinates the evolution and development of butterfly color and iridescence

(2017) Linlin Zhang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tracing the origin and evolution of supergene mimicry in butterflies

(2017) Wei Zhang et al.   Nature Communications

The gene cortex controls mimicry and crypsis in butterflies and moths

(2016) Nicola J. Nadeau et al.   NATURE

The industrial melanism mutation in British peppered moths is a transposable element

(2016) Arjen E. van’t Hof et al.   NATURE

Mapping and recombination analysis of two moth colour mutations, Black moth and Wild wing spot, in the silkworm Bombyx mori

(2015) K Ito et al.   HEREDITY

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

(2015) Hideki Nishikawa et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Differential Expression of Ecdysone Receptor Leads to Variation in Phenotypic Plasticity across Serial Homologs

(2015) Antónia Monteiro et al.   PLoS Genetics

Supergenes and their role in evolution

(2014) M J Thompson et al.   HEREDITY

doublesex is a mimicry supergene

(2014) K. Kunte et al.   NATURE

Eyespots deflect predator attack increasing fitness and promoting the evolution of phenotypic plasticity

(2014) K. L. Prudic et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Ancient homology underlies adaptive mimetic diversity across butterflies

(2014) Jason R. Gallant et al.   Nature Communications

Evolution of dominance mechanisms at a butterfly mimicry supergene

(2014) Yann Le Poul et al.   Nature Communications

Multiple recent co-options of Optix associated with novel traits in adaptive butterfly wing radiations

(2014) Arnaud Martin et al.   EvoDevo

Seasonal wing colour plasticity varies dramatically between buckeye butterfly populations in different climatic zones

(2012) EMILY V. DANIELS et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

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

Evolution and molecular mechanisms of adaptive developmental plasticity

(2011) PATRÍCIA BELDADE et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Chromosomal rearrangements maintain a polymorphic supergene controlling butterfly mimicry

(2011) Mathieu Joron et al.   NATURE

Industrial Melanism in British Peppered Moths Has a Singular and Recent Mutational Origin

(2011) A. E. van't Hof et al.   SCIENCE

Developmental Plasticity in Sexual Roles of Butterfly Species Drives Mutual Sexual Ornamentation

(2011) K. L. Prudic et al.   SCIENCE

optix Drives the Repeated Convergent Evolution of Butterfly Wing Pattern Mimicry

(2011) R. D. Reed et al.   SCIENCE

Masquerade: Camouflage Without Crypsis

(2010) J. Skelhorn et al.   SCIENCE