A large deletion at the cortex locus eliminates butterfly wing patterning

Joseph J Hanly; Luca Livraghi; Christa Heryanto; W Owen McMillan; Chris D Jiggins; Lawrence E Gilbert; Arnaud Martin

doi:10.1093/g3journal/jkac021

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics (Jan 2022)

A large deletion at the cortex locus eliminates butterfly wing patterning

Joseph J Hanly,
Luca Livraghi,
Christa Heryanto,
W Owen McMillan,
Chris D Jiggins,
Lawrence E Gilbert,
Arnaud Martin

Affiliations

Joseph J Hanly: ORCiD; Department of Biological Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA
Luca Livraghi: ORCiD; Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama 0843-03092, Republic of Panama
Christa Heryanto: ORCiD; Department of Biological Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA
W Owen McMillan: ORCiD; Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama 0843-03092, Republic of Panama
Chris D Jiggins: ORCiD; Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, UK
Lawrence E Gilbert: ORCiD; Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, USA
Arnaud Martin: ORCiD; Department of Biological Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkac021
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 4

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Published in G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics

ISSN: 2160-1836 (Online)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General): Genetics
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