Antonia Monteiro

Mutants highlight the modular control of butterfly eyespot patterns.

Ancient Wings: animating the evolution of butterfly wing patterns.

Germline transformation of the butterfly Bicyclus anynana.

DaTrypsin, a novel clip-domain serine proteinase gene up-regulated during winter and summer diapauses of the onion maggot, Delia antiqua.

Female Bicyclus anynana butterflies choose males on the basis of their dorsal UV-reflective eyespot pupils.

Visualization of early embryos of the butterfly Bicyclus anynana.

The HSP90 family of genes in the human genome: insights into their divergence and evolution.

Comparative genomics and evolution of the HSP90 family of genes across all kingdoms of organisms.

Comparative insights into questions of lepidopteran wing pattern homology.

Temporal and spatial control of transgene expression using laser induction of the hsp70 promoter.

Cloning and characterization of the HSP70 Gene, and its expression in response to diapauses and thermal stress in the onion maggot, Delia antiqua.

The use of chemical and visual cues in female choice in the butterfly Bicyclus anynana.

The combined effect of two mutations that alter serially homologous color pattern elements on the fore and hindwings of a butterfly.

Transgenic approaches to study wing color pattern development in Lepidoptera.

Alternative models for the evolution of eyespots and of serial homology on lepidopteran wings.

Are we there yet? Tracking the development of new model systems.

Automatic recognition and measurement of butterfly eyespot patterns.

Wings, horns, and butterfly eyespots: how do complex traits evolve?

Accommodating natural and sexual selection in butterfly wing pattern evolution.

In vivo electroporation of DNA into the wing epidermis of the butterfly, Bicyclus anynana.

The genetic, morphological, and physiological characterization of a dark larval cuticle mutation in the butterfly, Bicyclus anynana.

RNA interference in Lepidoptera: an overview of successful and unsuccessful studies and implications for experimental design.

On the origins of sexual dimorphism in butterflies.

Developmental plasticity in sexual roles of butterfly species drives mutual sexual ornamentation.

Pogostick: a new versatile piggyBac vector for inducible gene over-expression and down-regulation in emerging model systems.

Evolutionary reduction of the first thoracic limb in butterflies.

Gene regulatory networks reused to build novel traits: Co-option of an eye-related gene regulatory network in eye-like organs and red wing patches on insect wings is suggested by optix expression.

Unraveling the thread of nature's tapestry: the genetics of diversity and convergence in animal pigmentation.

Biased learning affects mate choice in a butterfly.

A single origin for nymphalid butterfly eyespots followed by widespread loss of associated gene expression.

Phenotypic plasticity in opsin expression in a butterfly compound eye complements sex role reversal.

Differential involvement of Hedgehog signaling in butterfly wing and eyespot development.

Evolutionary biology for the 21st century.

Spalt expression and the development of melanic color patterns in pierid butterflies.

Distal-Less Regulates Eyespot Patterns and Melanization in Bicyclus Butterflies.

Male courtship rate plasticity in the butterfly Bicyclus anynana is controlled by temperature experienced during the pupal and adult stages.

Temporal gene expression variation associated with eyespot size plasticity in Bicyclus anynana.

Both cell-autonomous mechanisms and hormones contribute to sexual development in vertebrates and insects.

A method for inducible gene over-expression and down-regulation in emerging model species using Pogostick.

A Survey of Eyespot Sexual Dimorphism across Nymphalid Butterflies.

Mate preference for a phenotypically plastic trait is learned, and may facilitate preference-phenotype matching.

Nymphalid eyespot serial homologues originate as a few individualized modules.

Artificial selection for structural color on butterfly wings and comparison with natural evolution.

Over-expression of Ultrabithorax alters embryonic body plan and wing patterns in the butterfly Bicyclus anynana.

Origin, development, and evolution of butterfly eyespots.

Eyespots deflect predator attack increasing fitness and promoting the evolution of phenotypic plasticity.