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SUBMITTER: Zhan S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4331202 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature 20141001 7522
The monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus, is famous for its spectacular annual migration across North America, recent worldwide dispersal, and orange warning colouration. Despite decades of study and broad public interest, we know little about the genetic basis of these hallmark traits. Here we uncover the history of the monarch's evolutionary origin and global dispersal, characterize the genes and pathways associated with migratory behaviour, and identify the discrete genetic basis of warning co ...[more]