Journal article
Comparative genomics of the mimicry switch in Papilio dardanus
MJTN Timmermans, SW Baxter, R Clark, DG Heckel, H Vogel, S Collins, A Papanicolaou, I Fukova, M Joron, MJ Thompson, CD Jiggins, RH Ffrench-Constant, AP Vogler
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences | Published : 2014
Abstract
The African Mocker Swallowtail, Papilio dardanus, is a textbook example in evolutionary genetics. Classical breeding experiments have shown that wing pattern variation in this polymorphic Batesian mimic is determined by the polyallelic H locus that controls a set of distinct mimetic phenotypes. Using bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) sequencing, recombination analyses and comparative genomics,we showthatHco-segregateswith an interval of less than 500 kb that is collinear with two other Lepidoptera genomes and contains 24 genes, including the transcription factor genes engrailed (en) and invected (inv). H is located in a region of conserved gene order, which argues against any role for ge..
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Funding Acknowledgements
Funded by NE/F006225/1 of the Natural Environment Research Council of the UK. M.J.T.N.T. was funded through a NERC Postdoctoral Fellowship (NE/I021578/1). Illumina library preparation and sequencing was carried out by NBAF Edinburgh (NBAF677).