[8-3] Frontiers in Research on the Molecular Basis underlying the Diversity of Insect Color Patterns

[8-3-04] Melanin pigmentation is regulated via dopamine competition with the sclerotin biosynthesis pathway in the cuticle of hemimetabolous insects.

*Shintaro Inoue¹, Takahito Watanabe^1,2, Kai Fujie³, Ayane Shimamura³, Yoshiyasu Ishimaru³, Katsuyuki Miyawaki¹, Akira Takahashi⁴, Takeshi Nikawa⁵, Taro Mito¹ (1. Bio-Innovation Research Center, Tokushima University (Japan), 2. Gryllus Inc. (Japan), 3. Division of Bioresource Science, Graduate School of Sciences and Technology for Innovation, Tokushima University, (Japan), 4. Preventive Environment and Nutrition, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School (Japan), 5. Departments of Nutritional Physiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School (Japan))