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The genetic basis of wing spots in Pieris canidia butterflies

Spots in pierid butterflies and eyespots in nymphalid butterflies are likely non-homologous wing colour pattern elements, yet they share a few features in common. Both develop black scales that depend on the function of the gene spalt, and both might have central signalling cells. This suggests that...

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Autores principales: Wee, Jocelyn Liang Qi, Murugesan, Suriya Narayanan, Wheat, Christopher W., Monteiro, Antónia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10074818/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37016295
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12864-023-09261-0