cortex
Coloration (wing)
Cis-regulatory,
Deletion
Heliconius melpomene
postman butterfly - (species) D
Domesticated
Association Mapping
Hanly JJ; Livraghi L; Heryanto C ; et al. (2022)
A large deletion at the cortex locus eliminates butterfly wing patterning.
GP00001805
cort
Q960N3
Morphology
78-kb deletion in the 5′ region of the cortex gene that includes a facultative 5′UTR exon detected in larval wing disk transcriptomes. Phenotypic effect confirmed by CRISPR mutagenesis of this exon. The ivory deletion causes the loss of 1 of 2 promoters.
Heliconius melpomene
postman butterfly - (species)
Heliconius melpomene
postman butterfly - (species) D
cortex
Heliconius melpomene
postman butterfly - (species)
Published - Accepted by Curator
cortex
Coloration (wing)
Cis-regulatory,
Insertion
Heliconius melpomene
postman butterfly - (species) D
Intraspecific
Association Mapping
Livraghi L; Hanly JJ; Van Bellghem SM ; et al. (2021)
Cortex cis-regulatory switches establish scale colour identity and pattern diversity in Heliconius.
GP00002660
cort
Q960N3
Morphology
Insertion of two transposable elements (BovB-like and Helitron-like)
Heliconius melpomene
postman butterfly - (species)
Heliconius melpomene
postman butterfly - (species) D
cortex
Heliconius melpomene
postman butterfly - (species)
Published - Accepted by Curator
ocimene synthase (OS)
Pheromone production (cuticular hydrocarbons ; beta-ocimene)
Coding,
Unknown
Heliconius cydno
(species) D
Interspecific
Linkage Mapping
Darragh K; Orteu A; Black D ; et al. (2021)
A novel terpene synthase controls differences in anti-aphrodisiac pheromone production between close[...]
GP00002426
TPS
A0A7D0AGU9
Physiology
gain of expression - in vitro assay of the protein activity in E. coli - several amino acid changes between the 2 species
Heliconius melpomene
postman butterfly - (species)
Heliconius cydno
(species) D
ocimene synthase (OS)
Heliconius cydno
(species)
Published - Accepted by Curator
opsin - rhodopsin (UVRh2)
Color vision (UV-shift)
2 Mutations:
Coding
SNP
Heliconius pachinus
(species)
Heliconius erato
crimson-patched longwing - (species)
Heliconius hortense
(species)
Heliconius sapho
(species)
Heliconius charithonia
zebra longwing - (species)
Heliconius melpomene
postman butterfly - (species)
Heliconius elevatus
(species)
Heliconius cydno
(species)
Intergeneric or Higher
Candidate Gene
Briscoe AD; Bybee SM; Bernard GD ; et al. (2010)
Positive selection of a duplicated UV-sensitive visual pigment coincides with wing pigment evolution[...]
1 Additional References
GP00000779
UVRh2
E2DZL8
Physiology
2 mutations
Nymphalidae
brushfoots - (family)
Heliconius pachinus
(species)
Heliconius erato
crimson-patched longwing - (species)
Heliconius hortense
(species)
Heliconius sapho
(species)
Heliconius charithonia
zebra longwing - (species)
Heliconius melpomene
postman butterfly - (species)
Heliconius elevatus
(species)
Heliconius cydno
(species)
opsin - rhodopsin (UVRh2)
Heliconius pachinus
(species)
Heliconius erato
crimson-patched longwing - (species)
Heliconius hortense
(species)
Heliconius sapho
(species)
Heliconius charithonia
zebra longwing - (species)
Heliconius melpomene
postman butterfly - (species)
Heliconius elevatus
(species)
Heliconius cydno
(species)
Published - Accepted by Curator
Optix
Coloration (wing, Mullerian mimicry)
Cis-regulatory,
Unknown
Heliconius melpomene
postman butterfly - (species)
Intraspecific
Linkage Mapping
Reed RD; Papa R; Martin A ; et al. (2011)
optix drives the repeated convergent evolution of butterfly wing pattern mimicry.
1 Additional References
GP00000798
Optix
Q95RW8
Morphology
Not identified
Heliconius melpomene
postman butterfly - (species)
Heliconius melpomene
postman butterfly - (species)
Optix
Heliconius melpomene
postman butterfly - (species)
Published - Accepted by Curator
WntA
Coloration (wing, Mullerian mimicry)
Cis-regulatory,
Unknown
Heliconius melpomene
postman butterfly - (species)
Intraspecific
Linkage Mapping
Martin A; Papa R; Nadeau NJ ; et al. (2012)
Diversification of complex butterfly wing patterns by repeated regulatory evolution of a Wnt ligand.
GP00001214
WntA
A0A077DF90
Morphology
unknown ; non-coding with effect on spatial gene expression
Heliconius melpomene
postman butterfly - (species)
Heliconius melpomene
postman butterfly - (species)
WntA
Heliconius melpomene
postman butterfly - (species)
Published - Accepted by Curator