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Development plasticity and evolution of butterfly eyespot patterns

Nature, ISSN: 0028-0836, Vol: 384, Issue: 6606, Page: 236-242
1996
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  • 300
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  • Citations
    407
  • Captures
    300
  • Mentions
    7
    • References
      7
      • Wikipedia
        7
  • Social Media
    1
    • Shares, Likes & Comments
      1
      • Facebook
        1

Review Description

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 elements end body structures. Species comparisons and selection experiments suggest that the evolution of eyespot patterns can occur rapidly through modulation of different stages of this pathway, and requires only single, or very few, changes in regulatory genes.

Bibliographic Details

Paul M. Brakefield; Fanja Kesbeke; Pieter J. Wijngaarden; Antónia Monteiro; Julie Gates; Dave Keys; Sean B. Carroll; Vernon French

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Multidisciplinary

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