A Proteomic View of Butterfly Metamorphosis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Insect metamorphosis is one of the most fascinating developmental processes in the natural world. Complete metamorphosis requires the breakdown and reorganisation of larval tissues and the coordinated construction and development of adult structures. The molecular events that achieve this transformation are, however, incompletely understood, and there is a particular shortage of data describing changes in protein abundance that occur during the process.

Methods

Here, using a label-free quantitative bottom-up approach, we perform a novel whole-organism proteomic analysis of consecutive developmental stages of male Bicyclus anynana butterflies as they develop from caterpillars into adults via pupation.

Results

Our analysis generated a dynamic reference

SUBMITTER: Hesketh A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12737199 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature