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The Origins of Newness, Revealed in a Butterfly Wing

  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Animals
  • Genetics
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Genes that shift butterfly wing colors identified
If the larvae develop early in the year, when days are shorter and colder, the butterflies (Junonia coenia) reach maturity in summer with tan wings. But if larvae develop later in the year, when days are longer and warmer, the butterflies mature...
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Evolution
  • Genetics