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Nymphalid eyespot serial homologues originate as a few individualized modules.
Proceedings. Biological sciences - 22 Jul 2014
Oliver Jeffrey C, Beaulieu Jeremy M, Gall Lawrence F, Piel William H, Monteiro Antónia
Abstract excerpt
Serial homologues are repeated traits that share similar development but occur in different parts of the body. Variation in number of repeats accounts for substantial diversity in animal form and considerable work has focused on identifying the factors accounting for this variation. Little is known, however, about how serial homologues originally become repeated, or about the relative timing of repeat...
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