Toll ligand Spätzle3 controls melanization in the stripe pattern formation in caterpillars

Prophenoloxidase activation and antimicrobial peptide expression induced by the recombinant microbe binding protein of Manduca sexta

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Multifaceted biological insights from a draft genome sequence of the tobacco hornworm moth, Manduca sexta

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The gene cortex controls mimicry and crypsis in butterflies and moths

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Genome editing in butterflies reveals that spalt promotes and Distal-less represses eyespot colour patterns

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Functional analysis of genes involved in color pattern formation in Lepidoptera

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The immune signaling pathways of Manduca sexta

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Initiating protease with modular domains interacts with β-glucan recognition protein to trigger innate immune response in insects

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

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Retrograde neurotrophin signaling through Tollo regulates synaptic growth inDrosophila

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The function of zebra stripes

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The transcription factor Apontic-like controls diverse colouration pattern in caterpillars

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Toll-6 and Toll-7 function as neurotrophin receptors in the Drosophila melanogaster CNS

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Periodic Wnt1 expression in response to ecdysteroid generates twin-spot markings on caterpillars

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Comprehensive microarray-based analysis for stage-specific larval camouflage pattern-associated genes in the swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus

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Electroporation-mediated somatic transgenesis for rapid functional analysis in insects

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siRNAs Induce Efficient RNAi Response in Bombyx mori Embryos

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Caterpillar color patterns are determined by a two-phase melanin gene prepatterning process: new evidence from tan and laccase2

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Generation of a novel wing colour pattern by the Wingless morphogen

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NF- B in the Immune Response of Drosophila

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A BAC-based integrated linkage map of the silkworm Bombyx mori

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Identification and analysis of Toll-related genes in the domesticated silkworm, Bombyx mori

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