Conservation and flexibility in the gene regulatory landscape of heliconiine butterfly wings

Hanly, Joseph J.; Wallbank, Richard W. R.; McMillan, W. Owen; Jiggins, Chris D.

doi:10.1186/s13227-019-0127-4

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Table 1 A summary of single-gene expression studies performed on developing butterfly wings, indicating whether notable differences in domains of expression have been described in butterflies relative to D. melanogaster

From: Conservation and flexibility in the gene regulatory landscape of heliconiine butterfly wings

Gene	Species	Any novel domains?	References
Ultrabithorax	J. coenia		[63, 64]
apterous	J. coenia, B. anynana	Localized reduction in expression associated with ventralization of pattern	[9, 47]
engrailed/invected	J. coenia	Eyespot associated	[9]
	P. rapae, B. anynana, Saturnia pavonia, Antheraea polyphemus		[42]
scalloped	J. coenia		[9]
wingless	V. cardui, A. vanillae, J. coenia, Battus philenor, B. mori, M. sexta, Z. morio, B. anynana, P. rapae	Expressed in association with basal and marginal pattern elements	[35, 42, 44]
cut	V. cardui, A. vanillae, J. coenia, Battus philenor, B. mori, M. sexta, Z. morio		[35]
hedgehog	J. coenia, B. anynana	Eyespot associated	[26]
cubitus interruptus	J. coenia, B. anynana	Eyespot associated	[26]
patched	J. coenia, B. anynana	Eyespot associated	[26]
achaete-scute	J. coenia		[14]
Notch	H. erato, H. melpomene, A. vanillae P. rapae, M. sexta, V. cardui, J. coenia, B. anynana		[49, 51]
Optix	Heliconius spp, J. coenia, V. cardui,	Butterfly specific, in association with specific scale types	[36, 50]
WntA	Heliconius spp, Limenitis arthemis, A. vanillae, J. coenia, Danaus plexippus	Butterfly specific, in association with specific pattern elements	[15, 40, 41]
doublesex	Papilio, B. anynana		[5, 31]
aristaless1 & aristaless2	J. coenia, Limenitis arthemis, Spodoptera ornithogalli, Ephestia kuehniella	Wing pattern associated, including Discalis II elements	[39]
Distal-less	H. erato, H. melpomene, A. vanillae P. rapae, M. sexta, V. cardui, J. coenia, B. anynana, Saturnia pavonia, Antheraea polyphemus	Dynamic eyespot-associated expression	[6, 9, 51]
spalt major	V. cardui, P. rapae, P. oleracea, Colias philodice, C. eurytheme, B. anynana	Eyespot associated	[42, 57, 67]
decapentaplegic	J coenia, B. anynana	Parallel to veins, in addition to A-P	[9, 11]
Ecdysone receptor	J coenia	Eyespot associated	[28]
pSmad	B. anynana, P. rapae	Eyespot associated	[42]
Antennapedia	B. anynana, Heteropsis iboina, Pararge aegeria and Melanargia galathea, Lasiommata megera, J. coenia, M. cinxia, Inachis io, Caligo memnon	Eyespot associated	[54]
cortex	H. melpomene, H. numata	Butterfly specific, pattern associated	[43]
armadillo	B. anynana		[11]
BarH1	Colias	Butterfly specific, pigment associated	[65]

Many of the genes listed, in addition to having domains of expression that are homologous to those found in D. melanogaster, are also expressed in association with eyespots

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