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Industrial melanism in British peppered moths has a singular and recent mutational origin

SYSNO ASEP	0359766
Document Type	J - Journal Article
R&D Document Type	Journal Article
Subsidiary J	Článek ve WOS
Title	Industrial melanism in British peppered moths has a singular and recent mutational origin
Author(s)	van´t Hof, A. E. (GB) Edmonds, N. (GB) Dalíková, Martina (BC-A)_{RID, ORCID} Marec, František (BC-A)_{RID, ORCID} Saccheri, I. J. (GB)
Number of authors	5
Source Title	Science. - : American Association for the Advancement of Science - ISSN 0036-8075 Roč. 332, č. 6032 (2011), s. 958-960
Number of pages	3 s.
Language	eng - English
Country	US - United States
Keywords	Biston betularia
Subject RIV	EB - Genetics ; Molecular Biology
R&D Projects	IAA600960925 GA AV ČR - Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (AV ČR)
CEZ	AV0Z50070508 - ENTU-I, BC-A (2005-2011)
UT WOS	000290766600041
DOI	10.1126/science.1203043
Annotation	The rapid spread of a novel black form (known as carbonaria) of the peppered moth Biston betularia in 19th-century Britain is a textbook example of how an altered environment may produce morphological adaptation through genetic change. However, the underlying genetic basis of the difference between the wild-type (light-colored) and carbonaria forms has remained unknown. We have genetically mapped the carbonaria morph to a 200-kilobase region orthologous to a segment of silkworm chromosome 17 and show that there is only one core sequence variant associated with the carbonaria morph, carrying a signature of recent strong selection. The carbonaria region coincides with major wing-patterning loci in other lepidopteran systems, suggesting the existence of basal color-patterning regulators in this region.
Workplace	Biology Centre (since 2006)
Contact	Dana Hypšová, eje@eje.cz, Tel.: 387 775 214
Year of Publishing	2012

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