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Macroevolutionary shifts of WntA function potentiate butterfly wing-pattern diversity

View ORCID ProfileAnyi Mazo-Vargas, Carolina Concha, Luca Livraghi, Darli Massardo, Richard W. R. Wallbank, Linlin Zhang, Joseph D. Papador, Daniel Martinez-Najera, Chris D. Jiggins, Marcus R. Kronforst, View ORCID ProfileCasper J. Breuker, View ORCID ProfileRobert D. Reed, Nipam H. Patel, W. Owen McMillan, and View ORCID ProfileArnaud Martin
  1. aDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853;
  2. bSmithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Gamboa, Panama;
  3. cDepartment of Biological and Medical Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford OX3 0BP, United Kingdom;
  4. dDepartment of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637;
  5. eDepartment of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, United Kingdom;
  6. fDepartment of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720;
  7. gDepartment of Molecular Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720;
  8. hDepartment of Biological Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052

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PNAS October 3, 2017 114 (40) 10701-10706; first published September 18, 2017; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1708149114
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vol. 114 no. 40 10701-10706
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1708149114
PubMed: 
28923954

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National Academy of Sciences
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0027-8424
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1091-6490
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  • Published in issue October 3, 2017.
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  1. Anyi Mazo-Vargasa,
  2. Carolina Conchab,1,
  3. Luca Livraghic,1,
  4. Darli Massardod,1,
  5. Richard W. R. Wallbankb,e,1,
  6. Linlin Zhanga,
  7. Joseph D. Papadorf,
  8. Daniel Martinez-Najeraf,
  9. Chris D. Jigginsb,e,
  10. Marcus R. Kronforstd,
  11. Casper J. Breukerc,
  12. Robert D. Reeda,
  13. Nipam H. Patelf,g,
  14. W. Owen McMillanb, and
  15. Arnaud Martinh,2
  1. aDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853;
  2. bSmithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Gamboa, Panama;
  3. cDepartment of Biological and Medical Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford OX3 0BP, United Kingdom;
  4. dDepartment of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637;
  5. eDepartment of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, United Kingdom;
  6. fDepartment of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720;
  7. gDepartment of Molecular Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720;
  8. hDepartment of Biological Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052
  1. Edited by Sean B. Carroll, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI, and approved August 7, 2017 (received for review May 16, 2017)

Footnotes

  • ↵1C.C., L.L., D.M., and R.W.R.W. contributed equally to this work.

  • ↵2To whom correspondence should be addressed. Email: arnaud{at}gwu.edu.
  • Author contributions: C.D.J., M.R.K., C.J.B., R.D.R., N.H.P., W.O.M., and A.M. designed research; A.M.-V., C.C., L.L., D.M., R.W.R.W., L.Z., J.D.P., D.M.-N., and A.M. performed research; and A.M. wrote the paper.

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Inductive roles of WntA in pattern formation
Anyi Mazo-Vargas, Carolina Concha, Luca Livraghi, Darli Massardo, Richard W. R. Wallbank, Linlin Zhang, Joseph D. Papador, Daniel Martinez-Najera, Chris D. Jiggins, Marcus R. Kronforst, Casper J. Breuker, Robert D. Reed, Nipam H. Patel, W. Owen McMillan, Arnaud Martin
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Oct 2017, 114 (40) 10701-10706; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1708149114
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