Dahlia variabilis, with an exceptionally high diversity of floral forms and colors, is a popular flower amongst both commercial growers and hobbyists. Recently, some genetic controls of pigment patterns have been elucidated. These studies have been limited, however, by the lack of comprehensive transcriptomic resources for this species. Here we report the sequencing, assembly, and annotation of...

I N the chalcidoid wasp Mormoniella vitripennis (Walker) there has been formed by mutation a series of multiple allelic genes, each differing from wild type in one or more factors. The term “factor” is here used in an inclusive sense to denote anything which has an effect on development or which can in any other way be detected. The genes in this “R’ series are pleiotropic, unifactorial, bifact...