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Development, plasticity and evolution of butterfly eyespot patterns.

Nature - 21 Nov 1996

Brakefield P M, Gates J, Keys D, Kesbeke F, Wijngaarden P J, Monteiro A, French V, Carroll S B

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The developmental and genetic bases for the formation, plasticity and diversity of eyespot patterns in butterflies are examined. Eyespot pattern mutants, regulatory gene expression, and transplants of the eyespot developmental organizer demonstrate that eyespot position, number, size and colour are determined progressively in a developmental pathway largely uncoupled from those regulating other wing-pattern...

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PMID: 12809139
DOI: 10.1038/384236a0

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