Butterfly wing patterns emerge from ancient 'junk' DNA

Document Type : Scientific News

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Research Expert, Research Institute of Forest and Rangelands, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization

10.22092/irn.2023.128375

Mazo-Vargas, A., Langmüller, A.M., Wilder, A., van der Burg, K.R.L., Lewis, J.J., Messer, P.W., Zhang, L., Martin, A. and Reed, R.D., 2022. Deep cis-regulatory homology of the butterfly wing pattern ground plan. Science, 378 (6617): 304.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/10/221021145842.htm