If you are a Monarch butterfly, how do you fly from Canada to Mexico in one lifetime?

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dc.contributor.advisorSouthgate, Agnes J
dc.contributor.authorRumble, Mary E
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-25T17:35:14Z
dc.date.available2022-03-25T17:35:14Z
dc.date.created2013-05
dc.date.issued2013-11-05
dc.date.submittedMay 2013
dc.description.abstractMonarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) are an amazing species that perform the feat of migrating over a thousand miles from Canada to Mexico in one lifetime. We hypothesized that in order to accomplish the migration, the butterflies may have a different flight muscle structure than other insect species. To test this hypothesis, we studied muscle function, and then picked three proteins to analyze through bioinformatics work and PCR/ gel electrophoresis: actin, mp20, and troponin T. We used both the Painted Lady and D. melanogaster as a standard of comparison for our work. We annotated all three of these protein sequences and then checked our findings in the lab. This work showed a recent duplication of the second actin protein in Lepidoptera and differential gene splicing of troponin T in the flight of D. plexippus. Both of these results show the species to have some significant differences in comparison to D. melanogaster.
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dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.library.cofc.edu/handle/123456789/5114
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subjectMonarch Butterfly
dc.subjectLepidoptera
dc.subjectBioinformatics
dc.subjectActin
dc.subjectTroponinT
dc.subjectMp20
dc.subjectDanuas plexippus
dc.titleIf you are a Monarch butterfly, how do you fly from Canada to Mexico in one lifetime?
dc.type.genrethesis
dc.type.materialtext
thesis.degree.departmentBiology
thesis.degree.disciplineBiology
thesis.degree.grantorCollege of Charleston
thesis.degree.nameBachelor of Arts
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