“…This confirms earlier findings, based on cosegregation, of a lack of association between genetic variation in these genes and the carbonaria morph ( Van't Hof and Saccheri, 2010). In addition to the melanization candidates, vermilion, cinnabar, white, cubitus interruptus, decapentaplegic, patched, Ultrabithorax, wingless, Distalless, naked cuticle, Notch and scalloped were specifically mapped because of their role in lepidopteran pigment patterning (Carroll et al, 1994;Keys et al, 1999;Weatherbee et al, 1999;Beldade et al, 2002;McMillan et al, 2002;Reed and Serfas, 2004;Reed and Nagy, 2005), but none of these candidates maps to chromosome 17 either.…”