A wing expressed sequence tag resource for Bicyclus anynana butterflies, an evo-devo model.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Butterfly wing color patterns are a key model for integrating evolutionary developmental biology and the study of adaptive morphological evolution. Yet, despite the biological, economical and educational value of butterflies they are still relatively under-represented in terms of available genomic resources. Here, we describe an Expression Sequence Tag (EST) project for Bicyclus anynana that has identified the largest available collection to date of expressed genes for any butterfly.

Results

By targeting cDNAs from developing wings at the stages when pattern is specified, we biased gene discovery towards genes potentially involved in pattern formation. Assembly of 9,903 ESTs from a subtracted library allowed us to identify 4,251 genes of which 2,461 were annotated

SUBMITTER: Beldade P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1534037 | biostudies-literature | 2006 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature