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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Iijima T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6620351 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Communications biology 20190710
The swallowtail butterfly <i>Papilio polytes</i> is sexually dimorphic and exhibits female-limited Batesian mimicry. This species also has two female forms, a non-mimetic form with male-like wing patterns, and a mimetic form resembling an unpalatable model, <i>Pachliopta aristolochiae</i>. The mimicry locus <i>H</i> constitutes a dimorphic Mendelian 'supergene', including a transcription factor gene <i>doublesex</i> (<i>dsx</i>). However, how the mimetic-type <i>dsx</i> (<i>dsx-H</i>) orchestrat ...[more]