Comparative insights into questions of lepidopteran wing pattern homology.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Butterfly and moth eyespots can share a similar appearance, involving multiple concentric rings of colored scales, but usually occurring in non-homologous positions on the wing. Within the butterflies, on the other hand, spots that share the same homologous position may not share the concentric ring structure; and, in butterfly species that have eyespots with concentric rings, ectopic eyespots with a similar ring structure can be induced by means of a simple epidermal wound. The extent to which all these eyespots, natural or induced, share similar genes and developmental mechanisms is investigated here by means of protein in-situ localizations in selected butterfly and moth species. In addition to looking at some of the transcription factors previously identified as bein

SUBMITTER: Monteiro A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1654149 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature