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Nymphalid eyespots are co-opted to novel wing locations following a similar pattern in independent lineages

BACKGROUND: Variation in the number of repeated traits, or serial homologs, has contributed greatly to animal body plan diversity. Eyespot color patterns of nymphalid butterflies, like arthropod and vertebrate limbs, are an example of serial homologs. These eyespot color patterns originated in a sma...

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Autores principales: Schachat, Sandra R, Oliver, Jeffrey C, Monteiro, Antónia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4335541/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25886182
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-015-0300-x