Martik Chatterjee

The paper uses single-cell transcriptomics to analyze brain cells in paper wasps, showing that Kenyon cells vary with social roles and respond to social interactions.

This study disrupts optix in Manduca sexta and finds it regulates abdominal pigmentation, replacing orange with black eumelanin, suggesting optix modulates an alternative pigment pathway.

This study identifies araucan as a transcription factor that regulates butterfly wing iridescence by coordinating scale structure and pigmentation through pattern-specific effects.

This study uses single-nucleus transcriptomics to investigate sex-specific gene expression in wing scale cells of Colias eurytheme butterflies, revealing regulatory mechanisms underlying sexual dimorphism.

This study identifies the transcription factor mirror as a selector gene responsible for defining the far posterior domain in butterfly wings, influencing wing shape, scale morphology, and color pattern.

The paper identifies ivory, a conserved lncRNA, as the color pattern gene at the cortex locus in buckeye butterflies, showing how cis-regulatory elements of ivory influence seasonal color variation.

The paper identifies eight genes affecting female sperm competition success in Drosophila melanogaster, with two genes specifically impacting neuronal pathways.