Diversification and selection pattern of CYP6B genes in Japanese Papilio butterflies and their association with host plant spectra.

ABSTRACT: Herbivorous insects are thought to have evolved counteradaptations to conquer chemical defenses in their host plants in a stepwise co-evolutionary process. Papilio butterflies use CYP6B gene family members to metabolize furanocoumarins in their Rutaceae or Apiaceae host plants. CYP6Bs have functionally diverged among Papilio species to be able to metabolite diverse types of furanocoumarins in their host plants. In this study, we examined the diversification and selection patterns of CYP6B among nine Papilio species in Japan (eight Rutaceae specialists and one Apiaceae specialist) and their association with host plant spectra and furanocoumarin profiles. We compared host plant spectrum of eight Rutaceae feeding Papilio species and also performed a f

SUBMITTER: Sato A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7761194 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature