A transcriptomic atlas underlying developmental plasticity of seasonal forms of Bicyclus anynana butterflies.

ABSTRACT: Organisms residing in regions with alternating seasons often develop different phenotypes, or forms, in each season. These forms are often adaptations to each season and result from an altered developmental response to specific environmental cues such as temperature. While multiple studies have examined form-specific gene expression profiles in a diversity of species, little is known about how environments and developmental transitions, cued by hormone pulses, alter post-transcriptional patterns. In this study, we examine how gene expression, alternative splicing, and miRNA-mediated gene silencing in Bicyclus anynana butterfly hindwing tissue, varies across two rearing temperatures at four developmental timepoints. These timepoints flank two temperature-sensitive periods that coincide with

SUBMITTER: Tian S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9218548 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature