doublesex is a mimicry supergene

K. Kunte (), W. Zhang, A. Tenger-Trolander, D. H. Palmer, A. Martin, R. D. Reed, S. P. Mullen and M. R. Kronforst ()
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K. Kunte: National Center for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bengaluru 560065, India
W. Zhang: University of Chicago
A. Tenger-Trolander: University of Chicago
D. H. Palmer: Committee on Evolutionary Biology, University of Chicago
A. Martin: Cornell University
R. D. Reed: Cornell University
S. P. Mullen: Boston University
M. R. Kronforst: University of Chicago

Nature, 2014, vol. 507, issue 7491, 229-232

Abstract: The phenomenon of sex-limited mimicry is phylogenetically widespread in the swallowtail butterfly genus Papilio — now, a single gene, doublesex, is shown to control supergene mimicry, a finding that is in contrast to the long-held view that supergenes are likely to be controlled by a tightly linked cluster of loci.

Date: 2014
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