A major gene controls mimicry and crypsis in butterflies and moths

The wing patterns of butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera) are diverse and striking examples of evolutionary diversification by natural selection1,2. Lepidopteran wing colour patterns are a key innovation, consisting of arrays of coloured scales. We still lack a general understanding of how these patt...

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Autores principales: Nadeau, Nicola J., Pardo-Diaz, Carolina, Whibley, Annabel, Supple, Megan, Saenko, Suzanne V., Wallbank, Richard W. R., Wu, Grace C., Maroja, Luana, Ferguson, Laura, Hanly, Joseph J., Hines, Heather, Salazar, Camilo, Merrill, Richard, Dowling, Andrea, ffrench-Constant, Richard, Llaurens, Violaine, Joron, Mathieu, McMillan, W. Owen, Jiggins, Chris D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5094491/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27251285
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature17961

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