Diversity and Evolution of Butterfly Wing Patterns An Integrative Approach /

Diversity and Evolution of Butterfly Wing Patterns An Integrative Approach /

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This book facilitates an integrative understanding of the development, genetics and evolution of butterfly wing patterns. To develop a deep and realistic understanding of the diversity and evolution of butterfly wing patterns, it is essential and necessary to approach the problem from various kinds...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Sekimura, Toshio (Editor), Nijhout, H. Frederik (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Edition:1st ed. 2017.
Subjects:
Genetics.
Evolution (Biology).
Biomathematics.
Developmental biology.
Invertebrates.
Genetics and Genomics.
Evolutionary Biology.
Mathematical and Computational Biology.
Developmental Biology and Stem Cells.
Invertebrate Zoology.
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Contributors
  • Part I. The Nympalid Groundplan (NGP) and Diversification
  • Chapter1:The common developmental origin of eyespots and parafocal elements;And a new model-mechanism for color pattern formation
  • Chapter2:Exploring color pattern diversification in early lineages of Satyrinae (Nymphalidae)
  • Chapter3:Camouflage variation on a theme of the Nymphalid Ground Plan
  • Chapter4:Morphological evolution repeatedly caused by mutations in signaling ligand genes
  • Part II. Eyespots and Evolution
  • Chapter5:Physiology and evolution of wing pattern plasticity in Bicyclus butterflies: a critical review ofthe literature
  • Chapter6:Spatial variation in boundary conditions can govern selection and location of eyespots inbutterfly wings
  • Chapter7:Self-Similarity, Distortion Waves, and the Essence of Morphogenesis: A Generalized View ofColor Pattern Formation in Butterfly Wings
  • Part III. Developmental Genetics
  • Chapter8:A practical guide to CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing in Lepidoptera
  • Chapter9:What can we learn about adaptation from the wing pattern genetics of Heliconiusbutterflies?
  • Chapter10:Molecular mechanism and evolutionary process underlying female-limited Batesian mimicry in Papilio polytes
  • Part IV. Ecological Aspects and Adaptation
  • Chapter11:Chemical Ecology of Poisonous Butterflies: Model or Mimic?- A Paradox of Sexual Dimorphisms in Müllerian Mimicry
  • Chapter12:A model for population dynamics of the mimetic butterfly Papilio polytesin Sakishima Islands, Japan (II)
  • Chapter13:Evolutionary trends in phenotypic elements of seasonal forms of the tribe Junoniini(Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)
  • Chapter14:Estimating the mating success of male butterflies in the field.-Part V. Color Patterns of Larva and Other Insects
  • Chapter15:Molecular Mechanisms of Larval Color Pattern Switch in the Swallowtail Butterfly
  • Chapter16:Drosophila guttifera as a model system for elucidating color pattern formation
  • Chapter17:Molecular mechanisms underlying color vision and color formation in dragonflies.

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