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painted lady butterfly

painted lady butterfly

Researchers at the University of Manitoba studied color patterns in various species of butterflies, including painted ladies (Vanessa cardui), and the underlying genes that drive those patterns, revealing a previously undetected compartment boundary that may exist in the wings of all holometabolous insects. (Photo credit: Jeffrey Marcus, Ph.D., and Roohollah Abbasi, Ph.D.)

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