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Gene duplication is an evolutionary mechanism for expanding spectral diversity in the long-wavelength photopigments of butterflies.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Sept 2007
Frentiu Francesca D, Bernard Gary D, Sison-Mangus Marilou P, Brower Andrew Van Zandt, Briscoe Adriana D
Abstract excerpt
Butterfly long-wavelength (L) photopigments are interesting for comparative studies of adaptive evolution because of the tremendous phenotypic variation that exists in their wavelength of peak absorbance (lambda(max) value). Here we present a comprehensive survey of L photopigment variation by measuring lambda(max) in 12 nymphalid and 1 riodinid species using epi-microspectrophotometry. Together with previous...
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