Combinatorial expression of ebony and tan generates body color variation from nymph through adult stages in the cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus

• Shintaro Inoue,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bio-Innovation Research Center, Tokushima University, Ishii, Ishii-cho, Myozai-gun, Tokushima, Japan

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• Takahito Watanabe,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bio-Innovation Research Center, Tokushima University, Ishii, Ishii-cho, Myozai-gun, Tokushima, Japan

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• Taiki Hamaguchi,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Division of Bioresource Science, Graduate School of Sciences and Technology for Innovation, Tokushima University, Minami-Jyosanjima-cho, Tokushima, Japan

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• Yoshiyasu Ishimaru,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Bioscience and Bioindustry, Graduate School of Technology, Industrial and Social Sciences, Tokushima University, Minami-Jyosanjima-cho, Tokushima, Japan

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• Katsuyuki Miyawaki,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bio-Innovation Research Center, Tokushima University, Ishii, Ishii-cho, Myozai-gun, Tokushima, Japan

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• Takeshi Nikawa,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Departments of Nutritional Physiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, Kuramoto-cho, Tokushima, Japan

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• Akira Takahashi,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Preventive Environment and Nutrition, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, Kuramoto-cho, Tokushima, Japan

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• Sumihare Noji,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bio-Innovation Research Center, Tokushima University, Ishii, Ishii-cho, Myozai-gun, Tokushima, Japan

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• Taro Mito

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mito.taro@tokushima-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation Bio-Innovation Research Center, Tokushima University, Ishii, Ishii-cho, Myozai-gun, Tokushima, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3574-972X

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