Here, we present the largest, global dataset of Lepidopteran traits, focusing initially on
butterflies (ca. 12,500 species records). These traits are derived from field guides, taxonomic …

Insects have an amazing variety of colors and patterns. It should be noted that pigments
and/or genes involved in body color formation are markedly different between insects and …

Identifying the genomic changes that control morphological variation and understanding
how they generate diversity is a major goal of evolutionary biology. In Heliconius butterflies …

Butterfly wing patterns provide a rich comparative framework to study how morphological
complexity develops and evolves. Here we used CRISPR/Cas9 somatic mutagenesis to test …

The optix gene has been implicated in butterfly wing pattern adaptation by genetic
association, map**, and expression studies. The actual developmental function of this …

Butterfly wing patterns derive from a deeply conserved developmental ground plan yet are
diverse and evolve rapidly. It is poorly understood how gene regulatory architectures can …

Wnt signaling members are involved in the differentiation of cells associated with eyespot
and band color patterns on the wings of butterflies, but the identity and spatio-temporal …

Gene regulation shapes the evolution of phenotypic diversity. We investigated the evolution
of liver promoters and enhancers in six primate species using ChIP-seq (H3K27ac and …

Evolutionary variation in the wing pigmentation of butterflies and moths offers striking
examples of adaptation by crypsis and mimicry. The cortex locus has been independently …

Little is known about the extent to which species use homologous regulatory architectures to
achieve phenotypic convergence. By characterizing chromatin accessibility and gene …