Pigmentation and color pattern diversity in Odonata

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

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

Carotenoids of dragonflies, from the perspective of comparative biochemical and chemical ecological studies

(2020) Takashi Maoka et al.   BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMATICS AND ECOLOGY

Interspecific crossing between blue‐tailed damselflies Ischnura elegans and I. senegalensis in the laboratory

(2020) Genta Okude et al.   ENTOMOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Changes in gene expression during female reproductive development in a color polymorphic insect

(2020) Beatriz Willink et al.   EVOLUTION

Diversity of UV Reflection Patterns in Odonata

(2020) Ryo Futahashi   Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Benefits of insect colours: a review from social insect studies

(2020) Oluwatobi Badejo et al.   OECOLOGIA

MFSD12 mediates the import of cysteine into melanosomes and lysosomes

(2020) Charles H. Adelmann et al.   NATURE

Evolutionary history of Polyneoptera and its implications for our understanding of early winged insects

(2019) Benjamin Wipfler et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Molecular basis of wax-based color change and UV reflection in dragonflies

(2019) Ryo Futahashi et al.   eLife

Regulatory changes in pterin and carotenoid genes underlie balanced color polymorphisms in the wall lizard

(2019) Pedro Andrade et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Mini-review an insect-specific system for terrestrialization: Laccase-mediated cuticle formation

(2019) Tsunaki Asano et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Pterin-pigmented nanospheres create the colours of the polymorphic damselfly Ischnura elegans

(2019) Miriam J. Henze et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Macroevolutionary origin and adaptive function of a polymorphic female signal involved in sexual conflict

(2019) Beatriz Willink et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Cooption of the pteridine biosynthesis pathway underlies the diversification of embryonic colors in water striders

(2019) Aidamalia Vargas-Lowman et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Hemimetabolous insects elucidate the origin of sexual development via alternative splicing

(2019) Judith Wexler et al.   eLife

Ommochromes in invertebrates: biochemistry and cell biology

(2018) Florent Figon et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Candidate genes associated with color morphs of female-limited polymorphisms of the damselfly Ischnura senegalensis

(2018) Michihiko Takahashi et al.   HEREDITY

Transcriptome profiling with focus on potential key genes for wing development and evolution in Megaloprepus caerulatus, the damselfly species with the world's largest wings

(2018) Wiebke Feindt et al.   PLoS One

Covert linear polarization signatures from brilliant white two-dimensional disordered wing structures of the phoenix damselfly

(2017) M. R. Nixon et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Back to basics: using colour polymorphisms to study evolutionary processes

(2017) Erik I. Svensson   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Insect cuticular melanins are distinctly different from those of mammalian epidermal melanins

(2017) Hanine Barek et al.   Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

Laboratory Rearing System for Ischnura senegalensis (Insecta: Odonata) Enables Detailed Description of Larval Development and Morphogenesis in Dragonfly

(2017) Genta Okude et al.   ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Transcriptome profiling in the damselfly Ischnura elegans identifies genes with sex-biased expression

(2016) Pallavi Chauhan et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Impact of cuticle photoluminescence on the color morphism of a male damselfly Ischnura senegalensis (Rambur, 1842)

(2016) Chin-Jung Chuang et al.   Scientific Reports

Molecular mechanisms of secondary sexual trait development in insects

(2016) Anupama Prakash et al.   Current Opinion in Insect Science

Color vision and color formation in dragonflies

(2016) Ryo Futahashi   Current Opinion in Insect Science

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

(2015) Hideki Nishikawa et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Extraordinary diversity of visual opsin genes in dragonflies

(2015) Ryo Futahashi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Reversible colour change in Arthropoda

(2014) Kate D. L. Umbers et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

De novo transcriptome of Ischnura elegans provides insights into sensory biology, colour and vision genes

(2014) Pallavi Chauhan et al.   BMC GENOMICS

doublesex is a mimicry supergene

(2014) K. Kunte et al.   NATURE

Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution

(2014) B. Misof et al.   SCIENCE

Ecology and Sexual Selection: Evolution of Wing Pigmentation in Calopterygid Damselflies in Relation to Latitude, Sexual Dimorphism, and Speciation

(2013) Erik I. Svensson et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Identification of theBombyx Red EggGene Reveals Involvement of a Novel Transporter Family Gene in Late Steps of the Insect Ommochrome Biosynthesis Pathway

(2012) Mizuko Osanai-Futahashi et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

All the better to see you with: a review of odonate color vision with transcriptomic insight into the odonate eye

(2012) Seth M. Bybee et al.   ORGANISMS DIVERSITY & EVOLUTION

Sexual Dichromatism of the Damselfly Calopteryx japonica Caused by a Melanin-Chitin Multilayer in the Male Wing Veins

(2012) Doekele G. Stavenga et al.   PLoS One

Redox alters yellow dragonflies into red

(2012) R. Futahashi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA