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Pigmentation pattern and developmental constraints: flight muscle attachment sites delimit the thoracic trident of Drosophila melanogaster

In their seminal paper published in 1979, Gould and Lewontin argued that some traits arise as by-products of the development of other structures and not for direct utility in themselves. We show here that this applies to the trident, a pigmentation pattern observed on the thorax of Drosophila melano...

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Autores principales: Gibert, Jean-Michel, Mouchel-Vielh, Emmanuèle, Peronnet, Frédérique
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5871777/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29593305
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-23741-4