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SUBMITTER: Komata S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7721872 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Komata Shinya S Kitamura Tasuku T Fujiwara Haruhiko H
Scientific reports 20201207 1
Dimorphic female-limited Batesian mimicry in the swallowtail butterfly Papilio polytes is regulated by the supergene locus H, harbouring the mimetic (H) and non-mimetic (h) doublesex (dsx) gene. In the present study, we demonstrated that dsx-H negatively affects the number of eggs laid, hatching rate, larval survival rate, and adult lifespan. When crossed with hh males, the number of eggs laid of mimetic females (genotype HH) was lower than that of non-mimetic females (hh). Moreover, hh and Hh f ...[more]