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Table 2 Genes differentially expressed by colored wing region

From: Transcriptome analysis reveals novel patterning and pigmentation genes underlying Heliconius butterfly wing pattern variation

Stage

Gene

Red devo pattern

Day 3

optix

upregulated

cuticular protein 67B (Cpr67b)

downregulated

Uncharacterized (CG8483)

upregulated

Unknown (IC33431AfEcon3556)

upregulated

Unknown (IC33431AfEcon6355)

DR upregulated

Unknown (IC33431AfEcon8390)

upregulated

Day 5

optix

upregulated

cuticular protein 66Cb [2]

upregulated

cuticular protein 66Cb [1]

DR upregulated

Cuticular protein 100A

DR on longer

alpha-N-acetylgalactosaminidase (CG5731)

DR downregulated

Unknown (IC33431AfEcon11770)

DR downregulated

Unknown (IC33431AfEcon12188)

nonred upregulated

ommo

optix

upregulated

Kynurenine formamidase 1 (kf1)

on earlier

ATP-binding cassette transporter-C (BmABC007735)

upreg./on earlier

ATP-binding cassette transporter-C (BmABC007785)

upregulated

B2G: monocarboxylate transporter (CG8034)

on longer

Adult cuticle protein 65Aa [1]

FW upregulated

B2G: organic cation transporter (CG7458)

on earlier

B2G: pap-inositol-phosphatase (CG7789)

upregulated

tousled-like kinase

on earlier

B2G: exosome component 10-like

on earlier

Adult cuticle protein 65Aa [2]

FW upregulated

Adult cuticle protein 65Aa [3]

FW upregulated

B2G: rag-1 activating protein (CG7272)

upregulated

B2G: glycoside hydrolase (CG9701)

upregulated

B2G: wing disc specific protein

upregulated

Unknown (IC33431AfEcon12235)

upregulated

Unknown (IC33431AfEcon7324)

upregulated

ommo

cinnabar

upregulated

+mela

yellow-d

upregulated

B2G: estrogen sulfotransferase (CG6704)

upregulated

B2G: synaptic vesicle protein (CG31106)

up reg./on longer

B2G: alkaline phosphatase (CG5150)

upregulated

waterwitch

upregulated

Paps sythesase (Papss)

upregulated

superoxide dismutase containing protein (CG31028)

upregulated

Unknown (IC33431AfEcon5187)

FW upregulated

Unknown (IC33431AfEcon10072)

upregulated

mela

ebony

upreg./on longer

 

Nicotinamide amidase

upregulated

 

B2G: chitinase

upreg./on longer

 

Glucose transporter 1

on longer

 

Glucosyltransferase 1 (GlcT-1)

upregulated

 

B2G: organic cation transporter (CG6126)

upregulated

 

B2G: carboxylcholinesterase (CG6018)

upregulated

 

Odorant binding protein 56a

upregulated

 

Uncharacterized (CG9628)

on longer

 

Unknown (IC33431AfEcon2028)

upregulated

 

Unknown (IC33431AfEcon4212)

upregulated

 

Unknown (IC33431AfEcon5741)

upregulated

 

Unknown (IC33431AfEcon7642)

upregulated

  1. Names are from FlyBase except where B2G is indicated, in which case genes lacked FlyBase names so Blast2Go gene names were used, and for the ABC transporters, where Bombyx IDs were used [43]. Known pigment genes are designated by black bold (melanin genes, putative ommochrome genes shown in Figure 5). Transcripts with no hits to annotated genes are indicated with their transcript IDs. DR = dennis (basal red forewing patch) and rayed differentially expressed only. FW = forewing.