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From cryptic to colorful: Evolutionary decoupling of larval and adult color in butterflies

Many animals undergo complete metamorphosis, where larval forms change abruptly in adulthood. Color change during ontogeny is common, but there is little understanding of evolutionary patterns in these changes. Here, we use data on larval and adult color for 246 butterfly species (61% of all species...

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Autores principales: Medina, Iliana, Vega‐Trejo, Regina, Wallenius, Thomas, Symonds, Matthew R. E., Stuart‐Fox, Devi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7006464/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32055409
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/evl3.149