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Mutants highlight the modular control of butterfly eyespot patterns.

Evolution & development - 1 Jan 2000

Monteiro Antónia, Prijs Joop, Bax Minka, Hakkaart Thomas, Brakefield Paul M

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The eyespots on butterfly wings are thought to be serially homologous pattern elements. Yet eyespots differ greatly in number, shape, color, and size, within and among species. To what extent do these serially homologues have separate developmental identities, upon which selection acts to create diversity? We examined x-ray-induced mutations for the eyespots of the nymphalid butterfly Bicyclus anynana that...

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PMID: 12622735
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-142x.2003.03029.x

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