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Integration of wings and their eyespots in the speckled wood butterfly Pararge aegeria

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Breuker, Casper J. Gibbs, Melanie Van Dyck, Hans [UCL] Brakefield, Paul M. Klingenberg, Christian Peter Van Dongen, Stefan

We investigated both the phenotypic and developmental integration of eyespots on the fore- and hindwings of speckled wood butterflies Pararge aegeria. Eyespots develop within a framework of wing veins, which may not only separate eyespots developmentally, but may at the same time also integrate them by virtue of being both signalling sources and barriers during eyespot development. We therefore specifically investigated the interaction between wing venation patterns and eyespot integration. Phenotypic covariation among eyespots was very high, but only eyespots in neighbouring wing cells and in homologous wing cells on different wing surfaces were developmentally integrated. This can be explained by the fact that the wing cells of these eyespots share one or more wing veins. The wing venation patterns of fore- and hindwings were highly integrated, both phenotypically and developmentally. This did not affect overall developmental integration of the eyespots. The adaptive significance of integration patterns is discussed and more specifically we stress the need to conduct studies on phenotypic plasticity of integration.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Article de recherche
Publication date 2007
Language Anglais
Journal information "Journal of Experimental Zoology. Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution" - Vol. 308B, no. 4, p. 454-463 (2007)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher Wiley-liss (Hoboken)
issn 1552-5007
e-issn 1552-5015
Publication status Publié
Affiliations UCL - SC/BIOL - Département de biologie
UCL - SST/ELI/ELIB - Biodiversity
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Bibliographic reference Breuker, Casper J. ; Gibbs, Melanie ; Van Dyck, Hans ; Brakefield, Paul M. ; Klingenberg, Christian Peter ; et. al. Integration of wings and their eyespots in the speckled wood butterfly Pararge aegeria. In: Journal of Experimental Zoology. Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution, Vol. 308B, no. 4, p. 454-463 (2007)
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