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Variation in phenotypic plasticity across serial homologous eyespots of the butterfly Bicyclus anynana.
Bodies are often made of repeated units, or serial homologs, that develop using the same core gene regulatory network. Local inputs and modifications to this network allow serial homologs to evolve different morphologies, but currently we do not understand which modifications allow these repeated traits to evolve different levels of phenotypic plasticity. In this article, the authors describe variation in phenotypic plasticity across serial homologous eyespots of the butterfly Bicyclus anynana, hypothesized to be under selection for similar or different functions in the wet and dry seasonal forms. See Monteiro et al.
Image Credit: Monteiro et al.
Citation: (2015) PLoS Genetics Issue Image | Vol. 11(9) September 2015. PLoS Genet 11(9): ev11.i09. https://doi.org/10.1371/image.pgen.v11.i09
Published: September 30, 2015
Copyright: © 2015 Monteiro et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Bodies are often made of repeated units, or serial homologs, that develop using the same core gene regulatory network. Local inputs and modifications to this network allow serial homologs to evolve different morphologies, but currently we do not understand which modifications allow these repeated traits to evolve different levels of phenotypic plasticity. In this article, the authors describe variation in phenotypic plasticity across serial homologous eyespots of the butterfly Bicyclus anynana, hypothesized to be under selection for similar or different functions in the wet and dry seasonal forms. See Monteiro et al.
Image Credit: Monteiro et al.