Modelling butterfly wing eyespot patterns

Details Modelling butterfly wing eyespot patterns Modelling butterfly wing eyespot patterns

2005-02-24

arxiv.org/abs/q-bio/0502038v1

Biology

Quantitative Biology

Tissues and Organs

12 pages, 3 figures

Scientific paper

10.1098/rspb.2004.2761

Eyespots are concentric motifs with contrasting colours on butterfly wings. Eyespots have intra- and inter-specific visual signalling functions with adaptive and selective roles. We propose a reaction-diffusion model that accounts for eyespot development. The model considers two diffusive morphogens and three non-diffusive pigment precursors. The first morphogen is produced in the focus and determines the differentiation of the first eyespot ring. A second morphogen is then produced, modifying the chromatic properties of the wing background pigment precursor, inducing the differentiation of a second ring. The model simulates the general structural organisation of eyespots, their phenotypic plasticity and seasonal variability, and predicts effects from microsurgical manipulations on pupal wings as reported in the literature.

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