The functional role and commercial importance of insect pigments have been studied for
well over a century. They are classified into those synthesized by insects, which include …

Establishing the genetic and molecular basis underlying adaptive traits is one of the major
goals of evolutionary geneticists in order to understand the connection between genotype …

Life inside ant colonies is orchestrated with diverse pheromones, but it is not clear how ants
perceive these social signals. It has been proposed that pheromone perception in ants …

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 are a model system for studying the evolution and development of
adaptive traits. Zhang et al. combine RNA-seq and CRISPR/Cas9... Despite the variety …

The Heliconius butterflies are one of the classic systems in evolutionary biology and have
contributed hugely to our understanding of evolution over the last 150 years. Their dramatic …

Color pattern mimicry in Heliconius butterflies is a classic case study of complex trait
adaptation via selection on a few large effect genes. Association studies have linked color …

While several studies have investigated general properties of the genetic architecture of
natural variation in gene expression, few of these have considered natural, outbreeding …

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 …

Background While the ecological factors that drive phenotypic radiations are often well
understood, less is known about the generative mechanisms that cause the emergence and …