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A large deletion at the cortex locus eliminates butterfly wing patterning.
G3 (Bethesda, Md.) - 4 Apr 2022
Hanly Joseph J, Livraghi Luca, Heryanto Christa, McMillan W Owen, Jiggins Chris D, Gilbert Lawrence E, Martin Arnaud
Abstract excerpt
As the genetic basis of natural and domesticated variation has been described in recent years, a number of hotspot genes have been repeatedly identified as the targets of selection, Heliconius butterflies display a spectacular diversity of pattern variants in the wild and the genetic basis of these patterns has been well-described. Here, we sought to identify the mechanism behind an unusual pattern variant that...
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