Focusing on butterfly eyespot focus: uncoupling of white spots from eyespot bodies in nymphalid butterflies
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Focusing on butterfly eyespot focus: uncoupling of white spots from eyespot bodies in nymphalid butterflies
BACKGROUND Developmental studies on butterfly wing color patterns often focus on eyespots. A typical eyespot (such as that of Bicyclus anynana) has a few concentric rings of dark and light colors and a white spot (called a focus) at the center. The prospective eyespot center during the early pupal stage is known to act as an organizing center. It has often been assumed, according to gradient mo...
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عنوان ژورنال: SpringerPlus
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2193-1801
DOI: 10.1186/s40064-016-2969-8