Single-nucleus transcriptomics of wing sexual dimorphism and scale cell specialization in sulphur butterflies

• Ling S. Loh ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: lingsloh@gwu.edu (LSL); arnaud@gwu.edu (AM)

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States of America

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• Joseph J. Hanly,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States of America, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Gamboa, Panama, Duke University Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Alexander Carter,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States of America

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• Martik Chatterjee,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

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• Martina Tsimba,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States of America

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• Donya N. Shodja,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States of America

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• Luca Livraghi,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States of America

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• Christopher R. Day,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States of America, Epigenetics and Stem Cell Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Robert D. Reed,

  Roles Funding acquisition

  Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

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• W. Owen McMillan,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Resources

  Affiliation Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Gamboa, Panama

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• Gregory A. Wray,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources

  Affiliation Duke University Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Arnaud Martin

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: lingsloh@gwu.edu (LSL); arnaud@gwu.edu (AM)

  Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States of America, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Gamboa, Panama

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5980-2249

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