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Distal-less induces elemental color patterns in Junonia butterfly wings

BACKGROUND: The border ocellus, or eyespot, is a conspicuous color pattern element in butterfly wings. For two decades, it has been hypothesized that transcription factors such as Distal-less (Dll) are responsible for eyespot pattern development in butterfly wings, based on their expression in the p...

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Published in:Zoological Lett
Main Authors: Dhungel, Bidur, Ohno, Yoshikazu, Matayoshi, Rie, Iwasaki, Mayo, Taira, Wataru, Adhikari, Kiran, Gurung, Raj, Otaki, Joji M.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2016
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4774158/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26937287
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40851-016-0040-9
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