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Wound healing, calcium signaling, and other novel pathways are associated with the formation of butterfly eyespots.
BMC genomics - 16 Oct 2017
Özsu Nesibe, Monteiro Antónia
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BACKGROUND: One hypothesis surrounding the origin of novel traits is that they originate from the co-option of pre-existing genes or larger gene regulatory networks into novel developmental contexts. Insights into a trait's evolutionary origins can, thus, be gained via identification of the genes underlying trait development, and exploring whether those genes also function in other developmental contexts. Here we...
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