Overview
The first book to present the recent genetic and molecular insights into butterfly wing pattern development
Offers an integrative approach to understanding the diversity of butterfly wing patterns
Includes the necessary research fields to analyze the diversity: evo-devo, eco-evo, developmental genetics, comparative biology, molecular physiology, food plants, mathematical analysis and modeling
Provides excellent case studies for graduate and undergraduate classes in evolution, genetics/genomics, developmental biology, ecology, biochemistry, and also theoretical biology
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The Nympalid Groundplan (NGP) and Diversification
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Eyespots and Evolution
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Developmental Genetics
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Ecological Aspects and Adaptation
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Color Patterns of Larva and Other Insects
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About this book
This book facilitates an integrative understanding of the development, genetics and evolution of butterfly wing patterns. To develop a deep and realistic understanding of the diversity and evolution of butterfly wing patterns, it is essential and necessary to approach the problem from various kinds of key research fields such as “evo-devo,” “eco-devo,” ”developmental genetics,” “ecology and adaptation,” “food plants,” and “theoretical modeling.”
The past decade-and-a-half has seen a veritable revolution in our understanding of the development, genetics and evolution of butterfly wing patterns. In addition, studies of how environmental and climatic factors affect the expression of color patterns has led to increasingly deeper understanding of the pervasiveness and underlying mechanisms of phenotypic plasticity. In recognition of the great progress in research on the biology, an international meeting titled “Integrative Approach to Understanding the Diversity of Butterfly
Wing Patterns (IABP-2016)” was held at Chubu University, Japan in August 2016. This book consists of selected contributions from the meeting. Authors include main active researchers of new findings of corresponding genes as well as world leaders in both experimental and theoretical approaches to wing color patterns.The book provides excellent case studies for graduate and undergraduate classes in evolution, genetics/genomics, developmental biology, ecology, biochemistry, and also theoretical biology, opening the door to a new era in the integrative approach to the analysis of biological problems.
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Department of Biological Chemistry, Chubu University, Kasugai, Aichi 487-8501, Japan
H. Frederik Nijhout, Professor
Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Diversity and Evolution of Butterfly Wing Patterns
Book Subtitle: An Integrative Approach
Editors: Toshio Sekimura, H. Frederik Nijhout
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4956-9
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
License: CC BY
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-4955-2Published: 14 September 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-5275-1Published: 12 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-4956-9Published: 29 August 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 321
Number of Illustrations: 14 b/w illustrations, 89 illustrations in colour
Topics: Animal Genetics and Genomics, Evolutionary Biology, Mathematical and Computational Biology, Developmental Biology, Entomology