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Tian, S and A Monteiro (2026) Eco-evo-devo advances on seasonal plasticity of butterfly eyespots. Current Opinion in Insect Science. <\/b><\/span>\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Finet C, Y Weng, B Hanotte, and A Monteiro (2026) UV wing patterns in saturniid moths: diversity and mechanisms. Journal of Experimental Biology<\/b> 229, jeb251600<\/span> <\/b>\"\"<\/a> and suppl: <\/span>\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Dion, E, YP Toh, D Zhu, and A Monteiro (2026) Butterfly brains change in morphology and in gene splicing patterns after brief pheromone exposure. BMC Biology <\/b>24:26 <\/span>\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Banerjee, TD and A Monteiro (2025) Shared regulatory networks link vein positioning and eyespot ring formation in butterflies. Communications Biology <\/b>9:87 <\/b><\/span>\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Tian S, B Lee, TD Banerjee, SN Murugesan and A Monteiro (2025) A novel Hox gene promoter fuels the evolution of adaptive phenotypic plasticity in wing eyespots of satyrid butterflies. Nature Ecology and Evolution <\/b><\/span>\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Balakrishnan D, Prakash A, D, BJ Daurer, C Finet, P Thibault, A Monteiro*, and D Loh* (2025) Nanoscale cuticle density variations correlate with pigmentation and color in butterfly wing scales (*co-corresponding authors). <\/span>Nature Communications <\/b>\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Tan, KL and A Monteiro (2025) An evo-devo perspective on terrestrial isopods respiratory organs. Arthropod Structure & Development <\/b><\/span>\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Hong, Ru, C Finet, and A Monteiro (2025) Calreticulin is required for cuticle deposition and trabeculae formation
inside butterfly wing scale cells. Developmental Biology<\/b> 526: 1-14 <\/span>\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Banerjee, TD, L Zhang, and A Monteiro (2025) Mapping gene expression in whole larval brains of Bicyclus anynana butterflies. Methods and Protocols<\/b>. 2025, 8, 31.<\/span>\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Monteiro, A, S Murugesan, A Prakash and R Pappa (2025) The Developmental Origin of Novel Complex Morphological Traits in Lepidoptera. <\/span>Annual Review of Entomology <\/b>70(1):421-439<\/span> <\/b>\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Perea-Garc\u00eda JO, J Ostner, O Sch\u00fclke, S Kaburu, B Majolo, L Mar\u00e9chal, JM Jos\u00e9-Dom\u00ednguez, E Gazagne, N Ruppert, J Micheletta, V Beltr\u00e1n-Frances, A Castellano-Navarro, S Gupta, M Bourjade, J Massen, P B\u00f6hm, L Pfl\u00fcger, E Duran, C Hobaiter and A Monteiro (2024) Photoregulatory functions drive variation in eye coloration across macaque species. Scientific Reports <\/b>14:29115.<\/span>\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Tian S, Y Asano, T Banerjee, S Komata, J Wee, A Lamb, Y Wang, SN Murugesan, H Fujiwara, K Ui-Tei, PJ Wittkopp, Ant\u00f3nia Monteiro (2024) A microRNA is the effector gene of a classic evolutionary hotspot locus. Science<\/b> <\/span>\"\"<\/a>  (A media story can be found here<\/a>)<\/div>\n

Gowri V and A Monteiro (2024) The Inheritance of an Acquired Taste: Learning and Passing on New Food Odor Preferences in Butterflies in Epigenetics in Biological Communication<\/b>, G. Wtizany (ed). Switzerland, 387-396.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Lim H, IZW Chan, A Monteiro (2024) Pattern matters in the aposematic colouration of Papilio polytes. Insects<\/b><\/span>\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Prakash A, E Dion, A Monteiro (2024) The molecular basis of macrochaete diversification highlighted by a single-cell atlas of Bicyclus anynana<\/i> butterfly pupal forewings. Cell Reports.<\/b><\/span>\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Gowri V and A Monteiro (2024) <\/span>Haemolymph transfusions transfer heritable learned novel odour preferences to naive larvae of Bicyclus anynana butterflies<\/span>. <\/span>Biology Letters<\/b>\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Banerjee, TD, C Finet, KS Seah and A. Monteiro (2024) Optix regulates nanomorphology of butterfly scales primarily via its effects on pigmentation. <\/span>Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.<\/b>\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

van\u2019t Hof, AIJ, E Whiteford, S Yung, CJ Yoshido, A Zrzav\u00e1, MAM de Jong, KL Tan, D Zhu A Monteiro, PM Brakefield, F Marec, I Saccheri (2024) Zygosity-based sex determination in a butterfly drives hypervariability of Masculinizer. Science Advances<\/b> 10 (18), eadj6979<\/span>\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Hanotte, B, B Willink and A Monteiro (2024) Eyespots originated multiple times independently in the Lepidoptera. BioRxiv, 2024.02. 07.579046<\/span><\/p>\n

Murugesan, SN, S Tian, and A Monteiro (2024) Genome assembly and annotation of the Dark-branded Bushbrown butterfly Mycalesis mineus (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae). Genome Biology and Evolution<\/b><\/span>\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Tiong, G, L Naing, E Ng, E Dion, and A Monteiro (2024) Tympanal ears mediate male-male competition, courtship, and mating success in Bicyclus anynana <\/i>butterflies. Royal Society Open Science<\/b><\/span>\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Gowri V and A Monteiro (2023) Acquired preferences for a novel food odor do not become stronger or stable aftermultiple generations of odor feeding in Bicyclus anynana<\/i> butterfly larvae.<\/span> Annals of the NY Academy of Sciences <\/b><\/span>DOI: 10.1111\/nyas.15090 <\/span>\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Murugesan SN and A Monteiro (2023) Butterfly eyespots exhibit unique patterns of open chromatin. F1000 Research<\/b> 12: 1428 <\/span>\"\"<\/a> <\/p>\n

Matsuoka, Y, SN Murugesan, A Prakash and A Monteiro (2023). Lepidopteran prolegs are novel traits, not leg serial homologs. <\/span>Science Advances. <\/b>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Banerjee TD, SN Murugesan, H Connahs and A Monteiro (2023) Spatial and temporal regulation of Wnt signaling pathway members in the development of butterfly wing patterns. Science Advances <\/b><\/span>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Haw S, TD Banerjee and A Monteiro (2023) vermilion and cinnabar are involved in ommochrome pigment biosynthesis in eyes but not wings of Bicyclus anynana butterflies. Scientific Reports <\/b><\/span>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Finet C, Q Ruan, YY Bei, JYE Chan, V Saranathan, JKW Yang, A Monteiro (2023) Multi-scale dissection of wing transparency in the clearwing butterfly Phanus vitreus. <\/span>Journal of the Royal Society Interface<\/b> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Wee, JLQ, S Murugesan, C Wheat and A Monteiro (2023) The genetic basis of wing spots in Pieris canidia butterflies. BMC Genomics <\/b><\/span>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Cunha C, H Narotamo, A Monteiro, and M Silveira (2023) Detection and measurement of butterfly eyespot and spot patterns using convolutional neural networks. PLoS One<\/b>.<\/span>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Matsuoka, Y and A Monteiro (2022) Ultrabithorax modifies a regulatory network of genes essential for butterfly eyespot development in a wing sector-specific manner. Development.<\/b> doi: 10.1242\/dev.200781<\/span>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Perea-Garc\u00eda, JO, K Ramarajan, ME Kret, C Hobaiter and A Monteiro (2022) Ecological factors drive diversity in eye morphology and colouration in simians. Scientific Reports<\/b>.<\/span>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Tong X, MJ Han, K Lu K, S Tai, S Liang, Y Liu, H Hu, J Shen, A Long, C Zhan, X Ding, Q Gao, B Zhang, D Tan, Y Yuan, N Guo, Y Li, Z Wu, L Liu, C Li, Y Lu, T Gai, Y Zhang, R Yang, H Qian, Y Liu, J Luo, L Zheng, J Lou, Y Peng, W Zuo, J Song, S He, S Wu, Y Zou, L Zhou, L Zhou, L Cheng, Y Tang, G Cheng, L Yuan, W He, J Xu, T Fu, Y Xiao, T Lei, A Xu, Y Yin, J Wang, A Monteiro, E Westhof, C Lu, Z Tian, W Wang, Z Xiang, F Dai. (2022) Reference genomes of 545 silkworms enable high-throughput exploring genotype-phenotype relationships. Nature Communications<\/b><\/span> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Banerjee, T, S Tian, and A Monteiro (2022) Laser Microdissection-Mediated Isolation of Butterfly Wing Tissue for Spatial Transcriptomics. Methods and Protocols<\/b> 5 (4): 67\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Tian, S and A Monteiro (2022) A transcriptomic atlas underlying developmental plasticity of seasonal forms of Bicyclus anynana<\/i> butterflies. Molecular Biology and Evolution <\/b><\/span>\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Prakash, A, C Finet, V Saranathan, A Monteiro (2022) Antennapedia and Optix regulate metallic silver wing scale development and cell shape in Bicyclus anynana butterflies. Cell Reports <\/b><\/span>\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

H. Connahs, Tan E, YT Tan, E Dion, Y Matsuoka, A Bear, and A Monteiro (2022). The gene yellow regulates seasonal plasticity in male courtship rate in Bicyclus anynana<\/i> butterflies. <\/span>Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B. <\/span>289: 20212665 <\/span>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Murugesan, SM and A Monteiro (2022). Evolution of modular and pleiotropic enhancers. <\/span>JEZ Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution<\/span>. <\/span>\"\"<\/a>
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Murugesan, SM<\/span>, H Connahs, Y Matusoka, MD Gupta, M Huq, V Gowri, S. Monroe, KD Deem, T. Werner, Y Tomoyasu and A Monteiro (2022) Butterfly eyespots evolved via co-option of an ancestral gene regulatory network which also patterns antennae, legs, and wings. <\/span>PNAS <\/span>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Fang, C, Y Xin, T Sun, A Monteiro, Z Ye, F Dai, C Lu, X Tong (2022) The Hox gene Antennapedia is essential for wing development in insects. <\/span>Development<\/strong>: 149 (2): dev199841<\/span>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Banerjee, TD, KS Seah, A Monteiro (2021) <\/span>optix<\/span> is involved in eyespot development via a possible positional information mechanism. <\/span>bioRxiv <\/span><\/p>\n

Wee, JLQ, TD Banerjee, A Prakash, KS Seah, A Monteiro (2022) Distal-less and spalt are distal organisers of pierid wing patterns.  EvoDevo <\/b>\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n

Toh, YP, E Dion, A Monteiro (2021) Dissections of larval, pupal and adult butterfly brains for immunostaining and molecular analysis. Methods and Protocols <\/span>4 (3), 53\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Gowri V, and A Monteiro (2021) Inheritance of acquired traits in insects and other animals and the epigenetic mechanisms that break the Weismann barrier. Journal of Developmental Biology <\/span>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Perea-Garc\u00eda JO, DP Danel, and A Monteiro (2021) Diversity in primate external eye morphology: previously undescribed traits and their potential adaptive value. <\/span>Symmetry <\/a><\/span>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Monteiro, A and T Werner (2021) Editorial overview: Cool, colorful, and complex animal systems. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development <\/span>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Chan I, <\/span>ZC Ngan, L Naing, Y Lee, V Gowri, and A Monteiro (2021) Predation <\/span>favours Bicyclus anynana<\/span> butterflies with fewer eyespots. <\/span>Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B <\/span>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

 Beldade, P and A Monteiro (2021) Eco-evo-devo advances with butterfly eyespots <\/span>Current Opinion in Genetics & Development <\/span>69:6-13 <\/span>\"\"<\/a> <\/p>\n

Matsuoka Y and A Monteiro (2020) Hox genes are essential for the development of eyespots in Bicyclus anynana<\/span> butterflies. Genetics <\/span>217 <\/span>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Prakash, A and A Monteiro (2020)   Cell dissociation from butterfly pupal wing tissues for single-cell RNA sequencing. Methods and Protocols <\/strong>\"\"<\/a><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

Monteiro, A (2020). Distinguishing serial homologs from novel traits: Experimental limitations and ideas for improvement. <\/span>BioEssays<\/strong> 2020;2000162 <\/span>\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Banerjee, T and A Monteiro (2020)   Molecular mechanisms underlying simplification of venation patterns in holometabolous insects. Development <\/strong>147, dev196394<\/span> <\/strong>\"\"<\/a><\/span> (Supplementary materials \"\"<\/a><\/span>)<\/p>\n

Banerjee, T, D Ramos, and A Monteiro (2020)   Expression of multiple engrailed<\/em> family genes in eyespots of Bicyclus anynana butterflies does not implicate the duplication events in the evolution of this morphological novelty Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution<\/strong> 8:227. doi: 10.3389\/fevo.2020.00227\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Prakash A, and A Monteiro (2020)   Doublesex<\/em> mediates the development of sex-specific pheromone organs in Bicyclus butterflies via multiple mechanisms Molecular Biology and Evolution<\/strong> <\/span>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Rivera-Colon A, E Westerman, Sv Belleghem, A Monteiro*, and R Papa* (2020) Multiple loci control eyespot number variation on the hindwings of Bicyclus anynana<\/em> butterflies. Genetics <\/strong>(*co-corresponding authors) \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Bhardwaj, S, SHJ Lim, MR Wenk, JC Oliver, HF Nijhout, and A Monteiro (2020) Origin of the mechanism of phenotypic plasticity in satyrid butterfly eyespots eLife <\/strong>\"\"<\/a> <\/p>\n

Tan, EJ, BD Wilts, BTK Tan and A Monteiro (2020) What’s in a band? The function of the color and banding pattern of the Banded Swallowtail. Ecology and Evolution <\/strong>\"\"<\/a> <\/p>\n

Banerjee, TD and A Monteiro (2020) Dissection of larval and pupal wings of Bicyclus anynana<\/em> butterflies. Methods and Protocols <\/strong>3, 5; doi:10.3390\/mps3010005 \"\"<\/a> <\/p>\n

A video illustrating wing dissections is available (here<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Dion E, LX Pui, K Weber and A Monteiro (2020) Early-exposure to new sex pheromone blends alters mate preference in female butterflies and in their offspring. Nature Communications <\/strong>11:53 \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Chan, IZW, Z Rafi and A Monteiro (2019) Interacting effects of eyespot number and ultraviolet reflectivity on predation risk in Bicyclus anynana <\/em>(Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Journal of Insect Science <\/strong>19(6):19; 1-7 \"\"<\/a> <\/p>\n

Lin Q, L Low, A Lau, E Chua, Y Matsuoka, Y Lian, A Monteiro, S Tate, J Gunaratne, and T Carney (2019) Tracking genome-editing and associated molecular perturbations by SWATH mass spectrometry. Scientific Reports <\/strong>9:15240  \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Gowri V., E Dion, Athamaja, FM Piel, and Monteiro A (2019) Transgenerational inheritance of learned preferences for novel host plant odors in Bicyclus anynana<\/em> butterflies. Evolution <\/strong>doi:10.1111\/evo.13861\"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Brown, P RELISH Consortium, and Y Zhou (2019) Large expert-curated database for benchmarking document similarity detection in biomedical literature search. Database <\/strong>1-66: doi: 10.1093\/database\/baz085 \"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Perea-Garc\u00eda JO, ME Kret, A. Monteiro, and C Hobaiter (2019) Scleral pigmentation leads to conspicuous, not cryptic, eye morphology in chimpanzees. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA \"\"<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n

Connahs H, S Tlili, J van Creij, TYJ Loo, T Banerjee, TE Saunders, A Monteiro (2019) Distal-less <\/em>activates butterfly eyespots consistent with a reaction-diffusion process. Development<\/strong>. dev.169367 \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Huq M, S Bhardwaj and A Monteiro (2019) Male Bicyclus anynana <\/em>butterflies choose mates based on their ventral UV-reflective eyespot centers. Journal of Insect Science <\/strong>\"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Dion E*, A Monteiro*, C Nieberding* (2019) The role of learning on insect and spider sexual behaviors, sexual trait evolution and speciation Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution<\/strong> 6:225 \"\"<\/a><\/strong> (*co-corresponding authors) <\/p>\n

Tan YQ, E Dion and A Monteiro (2018) Haze smoke impacts the survival and development of butterflies. Scientific Reports <\/strong>8:15667 \"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Palmer DH*, YQ Tan, SD Finkbeiner, AD Briscoe, A Monteiro* and MR Kronforst* (2018) Experimental field tests of Batesian mimicry in the swallowtail butterfly Papilio polytes. <\/em>Ecology and Evolution <\/strong>8:7657-66 \"\"<\/strong><\/a>(*co-corresponding authors) <\/p>\n

Banerjee T and A Monteiro (2018) CRISPR-Cas9 mediated genome editing in Bicyclus anynana <\/em>butterflies. Methods and Protocols <\/strong>1,16;doi:10.3390\/mps1020016 \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Video protocol available here<\/a><\/p>\n

Matsuoka Y and A Monteiro (2018) Melanin pathway genes regulate color and morphology of butterfly wing scales. Cell Reports <\/strong>24: 56-65 \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Prakash A and A Monteiro (2018) apterous A<\/em> specifies dorsal wing patterns and sexual traits in butterflies. Proc R Soc Lond B <\/strong>\"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Low XH and A Monteiro (2018) Dorsal forewing white spots of male Papilio polytes<\/em> (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) not maintained by female mate choice. Journal of Insect Behavior <\/strong>31:29-41 \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Bhardwaj S, KL Prudic, A Bear, M Das Gupta, WF Cheong, MR Wenk, <\/strong>A Monteiro (2018). Sex differences in 20-hydroxyecdysone hormone levels control sexual dimorphism in butterfly wing patterns. Molecular Biology and Evolution <\/strong>35:465-472 \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Ozsu N and A Monteiro (2017) Wound healing, calcium signaling and other novel pathways are associated with the formation of butterfly eyespots. BMC Genomics <\/strong>18:788 \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Monteiro, A (2017) Physiology and evolution of wing pattern plasticity in Bicyclus<\/em> butterflies: a critical review of the literaure. In Diversity and Evolution of Butterfly Wing Patters: An Integrative Approach.<\/strong> Eds Sekimura, T and HF Nijhout, Springer. pp 91-105 \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Xiong G, X Tong, T Gai, C Li, L Qiao, A Monteiro, H Hu, M Han, X Ding, S Wu, Z Xiang, C Lu & F Dai (2017) Body shape and coloration of silkworm larvae are influenced by a novel cuticular protein. Genetics <\/strong>207: 1053-66 \"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Desplan, C, N Plachta, A Monteiro, K Guillemin, and J Briscoe (2017) What is the future of Developmental Biology? Cell <\/strong>170(1), 6-7 \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Ozsu N, QY Chan, B Chen, M Das Gupta and A Monteiro (2017) Wingless<\/em>is a positive regulator of eyespot color patterns in Bicyclus anynana <\/em>butterflies. Developmental Biology <\/strong>429(1): 177-185 \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Ng*, SY, S Bhardwaj* and A Monteiro (2017) Males become choosier in response to manipulations of female wing ornaments in dry season Bicyclus anynana<\/em> butterflies. J. Insect Science<\/strong> 17(4): 81 (*co-first authors)  <\/strong>(top downladed paper of JIS in 2017) \"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Nowell, RW, B Elsworth, V Oostra, BJ Zwaan, CW Wheat, M Saastamoninen, IJ Saccheri, AE Van’t Hof, BR Wasik, H Connahs, ML Aslam, S Kumar, RJ Challis, A Monteiro, PM Brakefield, M Blaster (2017) A high-coverage draft genome of the mycalesine butterfly Bicyclus anynana. <\/em>Gigascience<\/strong> 6: 1-7 Doi:10.1093\/gigascience\/gix035 \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Bear, A, KL Prudic and A Monteiro (2017) Steroid hormone signaling during development has a latent effect on adult male sexual behavior in the butterfly Bicyclus anynana.<\/em> PLoS One <\/strong>2(3): e0174403 \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Zhang, L, A Martin, MW Perry, KL vd Burg, Y Matsuoka, A Monteiro, RD Reed (2017) Genetic basis of melanin pigmentation in butterfly wings. Genetics<\/strong> 205: 1537-1550 \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Wee, J and A Monteiro (2017) Yellow and the novel aposematic signal, red, protect Delias<\/em> butterflies from predators. PLoS One <\/strong>12(1): e0168243 \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Dion, E, A Monteiro and JY Yew (2016) Phenotypic plasticity in sex pheromone production in Bicyclus anynana butterflies. Scientific Reports <\/strong>6:39002 | DOI: 10.1038\/srep39002 \"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Prakash, A and A Monteiro (2016) Molecular mechanisms of secondary sexual trait development in insects. Current Opinion in Insect Science <\/strong>17:40-48 \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Monteiro, A and M Das Gupta (2016). Identifying co-opted networks and causative mutations in the origin of novel complex traits. Current Topics in Developmental Biology <\/strong>119: 205-226 \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Chen, B, WH Piel, and A Monteiro (2016). The Distal-less homeobox genes of insects and spiders: genomic organization, function, regulation and evolution. Insect Science <\/strong>23: 335-352 \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Labandeira, CC, Q Yang, JA Santiago-Blay, CL Hotton, A Monteiro, Y-J Wang, Y Goreva, S Shih, S Siljestr\u00f6m, TR Rose, DL Dilcher, and D Ren (2016) The evolutionary convergence of mid-Mesozoic lacewings and Cenozoic butterflies. Proc R Soc Lond B <\/strong>283: 20152894 \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Westerman, E and A Monteiro (2016) Rearing temperature influences adult response to changes in mating status. PLoS One <\/strong>11(2): e0146546 \"\"<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Ho, S, S Schachat, WH Piel and A Monteiro (2016). Attack risk for butterflies changes with eyespot number and size. Roy Soc Open Sci <\/strong>3:150614 \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Macias-Mu\u00f1oz, A, G Smith, A Monteiro and AD Briscoe (2016). Transcriptome-wide differential expression in Bicyclus anynana<\/em> butterflies: Female vision-related genes are more plastic. Molecular Biology and Evolution <\/strong>33:79-92 \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Monteiro, A, X Tong, A Bear, SF Liew, S Bhardwaj, BR Wasik, A Dinwiddie, C Bastianelli, WF Cheong, MR Wenk, H Cao, and KL Prudic (2015) Differential expression of ecdysone receptor leads to variation in phenotypic plasticity across serial homologs. PLoS Genetics <\/strong>11(9):e1005529 \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Stoehr, AM, X Tong, O Podlaha, and A. Monteiro (2015) Progress towards germ-line transformation of the butterfly Pieris rapae <\/em>L. Gene Technology <\/strong>4: 123. doi: 10.4172\/2329-6682.S1-001 \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Das Gupta, M, SK Chan and A Monteiro (2015) Natural loss of eyeless\/Pax6<\/em> in eyes of Bicyclus anynana<\/em> adult butterflies likely leads to exponential decrease of eye fluorescence in transgenics. PLoS ONE <\/strong>10(7): e0132882. doi:10.1371\/journal.pone.0132882 \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Schachat, S, JC Oliver, and A Monteiro (2015) Nymphalid eyespots are co-opted to novel wing locations following a similar pattern in independent lineages. BMC Evol. Biol. <\/strong>15:20 \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Monteiro A (2015) Origin, development, and evolution of butterfly eyespots. Annual Review of Entomology <\/strong>60:253-71 \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Prudic KL, AM Stoehr, BR Wasik, and A Monteiro (2015) Eyespots deflect predator attack increasing fitness and promoting the evolution of phenotypic plasticity. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B <\/strong>282 (1798): 20141531\"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

a video showing how mantids attack Bicyclus<\/em> butterflies with eyespots can be seen here<\/a><\/p>\n

Tong X, S Hrycaj, O Podlaha, A Popadic and A Monteiro (2014). Over-expression of Ultrabithorax<\/em> alters embryonic body plan and wing patterns in the butterfly Bicyclus anynana<\/em>. Developmental Biology \"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Wasik, BR, SF Liew, D Lillien, AJ Dinwiddie, H Noh, H Cao and A Monteiro (2014) Artificial selection for structural color on butterfly wings and comparison to natural evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA \"\"<\/a><\/strong> \"\"<\/p>\n

Oliver JC, JM Beaulieu, LF Gall, WH Piel, and A Monteiro (2014) Nymphalid eyespot serial homologs originate as a few individualized modules. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B<\/strong> \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Westerman EL, C Drucker, and A Monteiro (2014) Male and female mating behavior is dependent on social context in the butterfly Bicyclus anynana<\/em>. Journal of Insect Behavior \"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Westerman EL, N Chirathivat, E Schyling, and A Monteiro (2014) Mate preference for a phenotypically plastic trait is learned, and may facilitate preference-phenotype matching. Evolution<\/strong> \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Chen B and A Monteiro (2014) A method for inducible gene over-expression and down-regulation in emerging model species using pogostick. M F Ochs (ed). Gene Function Analysis, Methods in Molecular Biology. <\/strong>1101: 249-266. Humana Press, Springer, USA \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Tokita C, JC Oliver, and A Monteiro (2013) A survey of eyespot sexual dimorphism across nymphalid butterflies. International Journal of Evolutionary Biology <\/strong>2013: article 926702 \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Westerman EL and A Monteiro (2013) Odor influences whether females learn to prefer or to avoid wing patterns of male butterflies. Animal Behavior<\/strong> 109: 10948-10953 \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

A nice summary was written about this work by Michelle Pelissier Scott, Executive Editor of Animal Behavior. You can read it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Oliver JO, D Ramos, KL Prudic and A Monteiro (2013) Temporal gene expression variation associated with eyespot size plasticity in Bicyclus anynana<\/em>. PLoS ONE <\/strong>8(6): e65830 \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Bear A and A Monteiro (2013) Both cell-autonomous mechanisms and hormones contribute to sexual development in vertebrates and insects. BioEssays <\/strong>35(8): 725-732 \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Bear A and A Monteiro (2013) Male courtship rate plasticity in the butterfly Bicyclus anynana <\/em>is controlled by temperature experienced during the pupal and adult stages. PLoS ONE 8(5): e64061 \"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Monteiro A, B Chen, D Ramos, JC Oliver, X Tong, M Guo, WK Wang, L Fazzino, F Kamal (2013) Distal-less<\/em> regulates eyespot size and melanization in Bicyclus<\/em> butterflies. J Exp Zool B<\/strong> 320(5): 321-331\"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Monteiro A (2013) Evolution and development: molecules. Princeton Guide to Evolution. J Lossos (editor). Princeton University Press<\/strong> \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Stoehr AM, JF Walker, and A Monteiro (2013) Spalt expression and the development of melanic color patterns in pierid butterflies. EvoDevo <\/strong>4:6 \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Losos, JB, SJ Arnold, G Bejerano, ED Brodie III, D Hibbett, HE Hoekstra, DP Mindell, A Monteiro, C Moritz, HA Orr, DA Petrov, SS Renner, RE Rickefs, PS Soltis, TL Turner (2013) Evolutionary Biology for the 21st Century. PLoS Biology <\/strong>11(1):e1001466 \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Everett, A, X Tong, AD Briscoe, and A Monteiro (2012) Phenotypic plasticity in opsin expression in a butterfly compound eye complements sex role reversal. BMC Evolutionary Biology <\/strong>12:232 \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Tong X, A Lindemann and A Monteiro (2012) Differential involvement of hedgehog signaling in butterfly wing and eyespot development. PLoS ONE 7<\/strong>(12): e51087 \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Oliver JO, X Tong, LF Gall, WH PIel and A Monteiro (2012) A single origin for nymphalid butterfly eyespots followed by widespread loss of associated gene expresson. PLoS Genetics <\/strong>8(8): e1002893 \"\"<\/strong><\/a> <\/p>\n

Westerman, EL, A Hodgins-Davis, A Dinwiddie, and A Monteiro (2012) Biased learning affects mate choice in a butterfly. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA<\/strong> 109(30): 12260 \"\"<\/strong><\/a> <\/p>\n

Kronforst, M, GS Barsh, A Kopp, J Mallet, A Monteiro, SP Mullen, M Protas, EB Rosenblum, CJ Schneider, and H Hoekstra (2012) Unraveling the thread of nature’s tapestry: the genetics of diversity and convergence in animal pigmentation. Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research <\/strong>25: 411-433 \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Monteiro A (2012) Gene regulatory networks reused to build novel traits. BioEssays <\/strong>34:181-186 \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Piel, WH and A Monteiro (2011) Flies in the ointment make for convincing poop. Yale Environmental News. <\/strong>16:2 \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Chen, B. S Hrycaj, JB Schinko, O Podlaha, EA Wimmer, A Popadic, and A Monteiro (2011) Pogostick<\/em>: A versatile piggyBac <\/em>vector for inducible gene over-expression and down-regulation in emerging model systems. PLoS ONE <\/strong>6(4): e18659 \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Oliver, JC and A Monteiro (2011) On the origins of sexual dimorphism in butterflies. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B<\/strong> \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Prudic KL, C Jeon, H Cao and A Monteiro (2011) Developmental plasticity in sexual roles explains mutual sexual ornamentation. Science <\/strong>331:73-75 \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Wolfe, JM, JC Oliver and A Monteiro (2011) Evolutionary reduction of the first thoracic limb in butterflies. J. Insect Sci. <\/strong>11:66 \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Terenius, O et al. (2011) RNA interference in Lepidoptera: an overview of successful and unsuccessful studies and implications for experimental design. J. Insect Physiol. <\/strong>57:231-245. \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Monteiro A (2010) Biological research at butterfly farms in Costa Rica. Yale Environmental News. <\/strong>16:1 \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Bear, A, A Simons, E Westerman and A Monteiro (2010) The genetic, morphological, and physiological characterization of a dark larval cuticle mutation in the butterfly Bicyclus anynana<\/em>. PLoS ONE<\/strong> \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Monteiro A and KL Prudic (2010) Multiple approaches to study color pattern evolution in butterflies. Trends in Evolutionary Biology <\/strong>2:e2 \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Monteiro A (2009) Developmental Biology meets Ecology. Cell<\/strong> 138: 421-422 (Book review of Gilbert and Epel’s 2009, “Ecological Developmental Biology: Integrating Epigenetics, Medicine, and Evolution”) \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Oliver J, Robertson KA and A Monteiro (2009) Accomodating natural and sexual selection in butterfly wing pattern evolution Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B<\/strong> \"\"<\/strong><\/a> <\/p>\n

Monteiro A and O Podlaha (2009) Wings, horns, and butterfly eyespots: How do complex traits evolve? PLoS Biology<\/strong> 7(2): e1000037 \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Silveira M and A Monteiro (2009) Automatic recognition and measurement of butterfly eyespot patterns. BioSystems <\/strong>95:130-136 \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Abzhanov A, C Extavour, A Groover, S Hodges, H Hoekstra, E Kramer and A Monteiro (2008) Are we there yet? Tracking the development of new model systems. Trends in Genetics<\/strong> 24:353-360 \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Monteiro A (2008) Alternative models for the evolution of eyespots and of serial homology on lepidopteran wings. Bioessays 30: 358-366 \"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Ramos DM and A Monteiro (2007) Transgenic approaches to study wing color pattern development in Lepidoptera. Molecular Biosystems 3: 530-535 \"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Ramos DM and A Monteiro (5\/28\/2007) An in situ<\/em> protocol for pupal wings of the butterfly Bicyclus anynana. <\/em>Journal of Visualized Experiments, 4 <\/strong>(https:\/\/www.jove.com\/Details.htm?ID=208&VID=170<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Golden K, V Saji, N Markwarth, B Chen, and A Monteiro (2007) In vivo electroporation of DNA into the wing epidermis of a butterfly. Journal of Insect Science 7:53 \"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Monteiro A, B Chen, L Scott, L Vedder, JH Prijs, A Belicha, PM Brakefield (2007) The combined effect of two mutations that alter serially homologous color pattern elements on the fore and hindwings of a butterfly. BMC Genetics 8:22 \"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Costanzo, K and A Monteiro (2007) The use of chemical and visual cues in female choice in the butterfly Bicyclus anynana<\/em>. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 274:845-851 \"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Ramos, DM, F Kamal, EA Wimmer, A Cartwright, A Monteiro (2006) Temporal and spatial control of transgene expression using laser induction of the hsp70 promoter. BMC Developmental Biology 6: 55 \"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Monteiro A, G Glaser, S Stockslagger, N Glansdorp, and DM Ramos (2006) Comparative insights into questions of lepidopteran wing pattern homology. BMC Developmental Biology 6:52 \"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Chen, B, T Kayukawa, A Monteiro, Y Ishikawa (2006) Cloning and characterization of the HSP70 gene, and its expression in response to diapause and thermal stress in the onion maggot, Delia antiqua. Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology \"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Chen, B, T Kayukawa, A Monteiro, and Y. Ishikawa (2005) The expression of HSP90<\/em> gene in response to winter and summer diapauses and thermal-stress in the onion maggot, Delia antiqua.<\/em> <\/em>Insect Molecular Biology<\/strong> 14: 697-702 \"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Robertson, KA and A Monteiro (2005) Female Bicyclus anynana<\/em> butterflies choose males on the basis of their dorsal UV-reflective eyespot pupils. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B <\/strong>272: 1541-1546 \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Masci, J and A Monteiro (2005) Visualizations of the early embryo of the butterfly Bicyclus anynana<\/em>. Zygote<\/strong>13: 139-144 \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Chen, B, Y Ishikawa, T Kayukawa, H Jiang, A Monteiro, S Hoshizaki (2005) DaTrypsin, a novel clip-domain serine proteinase is upregulated during winter and summer diapauses of the onion maggot, Delia antique<\/em>. Gene <\/strong>347:115-123 \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Marcus, JM, DM Ramos, and A Monteiro (2004) Germ line transformation of the butterfly Bicyclus anynana<\/em>. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B<\/strong> 271: S263-S265 \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Arbesman, S, L Enthoven, A Monteiro (2003) Ancient Wings<\/em>: animating the evolution of butterfly wings patterns. BioSystems <\/strong>71: 289-295 \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Try the web based animation (Ancient Wings<\/a>) that reconstructs the putative ancestral ventral hindwing patterns of 54 of the 80 species of Bicyclus<\/em> butterflies, and morphs these patterns across the phylogenetic tree of Bicyclus<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Brakefield, PM and A Monteiro (2003) “The evolution of butterfly eyespot patterns” In Ecology and Evolution Taking Flight: Butterflies as Model Study Systems. Chicago Press.<\/p>\n

Monteiro, A, J Prijs, M Bax, T Hakkaart and PM Brakefield (2003) Mutants highlight the modular control of butterfly eyespot patterns. Evolution & Development<\/strong> 5:180-187 \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

McMillan O, A Monteiro and D Kapan (2002) Development and evolution on the wing. Trends in Ecology and Evolution<\/strong> 17:125-133 \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Janssen J, A Monteiro and PM Brakefield (2001). Correlations between scale structure and pigmentation in butterfly wings. Evolution & Development <\/strong>3: 415-423 \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Brunetti CR, SE Selegue, A Monteiro, V French, PM Brakefield, & SB Carroll (2001)The generation and diversification of butterfly eyespot colour patterns. Current Biology<\/strong> 11: 1578-1585 \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Monteiro A, V French, H Metz, G Smith and PM Brakefield (2001) Butterfly eyespot patterns: evidence for an underlying morphogen gradient. Acta Biotheoretica<\/strong> 49:77-88 \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Monteiro A and N Pierce (2001) Phylogeny of Bicyclus (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) inferred from COI, COII and EF1a gene sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution<\/strong> 18: 264-281 \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Monteiro A, PM Brakefield and V French (1997) The genetics and development of an eyespot pattern in the butterfly Bicyclus anynana:: response to selection for eyespot shape. Genetics<\/strong> 146: 287-294 \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Monteiro A, PM Brakefield and V French (1997) The relationship between eyespot shape and wing shape in the butterfly Bicyclus anynana:: a genetic and morphometrical approach. Journal of Evolutionary Biology<\/strong>10: 787-802 \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Monteiro A, PM Brakefield and V French (1997) Butterfly eyespots: the genetics and development of the color rings. Evolution<\/strong> 51: 1207-1216 \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Brakefield PM, J Gates, D Keys, F Kesbeke, P Wijngaarden, A Monteiro, V French, and S Carroll (1996) Development, plasticity, and evolution of butterfly eyespot patterns. Nature<\/strong> 384: 236-242 \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

French V and A Monteiro (1994) Butterfly wings: Colour patterns and now gene expression patterns. BioEssays<\/strong> 16: 789-791 \"\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Monteiro A, PM Brakefield and V French (1994) The evolutionary genetics and developmental basis of wing pattern variation in the butterfly Bicyclus anynana. Evolution<\/strong> 48: 1147-1157 <\/p>\n

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