Comparative Analysis of Transcriptomes among Bombyx mori Strains and Sexes Reveals the Genes Regulating Melanic Morph and the Related Phenotypes.

As a source of insect polymorphism, melanism plays an important role in ecological adaption and usually endows advantageous phenotypic-effects on insects. However, due to the mechanistic diversity, there are knowledge gaps in the molecular mechanisms underlying melanism and the related phenotypes. I...

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Main Authors: Songzhen He, Xiaoling Tong, Kunpeng Lu, Yaru Lu, Jiangwen Luo, Wenhao Yang, Min Chen, Min-Jin Han, Hai Hu, Cheng Lu, Fangyin Dai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4859508?pdf=render