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. 2016 Sep 12;26(17):R802-4.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.07.031.

Ecological Genetics: A Key Gene for Mimicry and Melanism

James Mallet  1 , Hopi E Hoekstra  2
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Ecological Genetics: A Key Gene for Mimicry and Melanism

James Mallet et al. Curr Biol. .
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Mimicry and melanism in Lepidoptera provided the first convincing examples of natural selection in action. Genetic analysis has now shown that, surprisingly, mimicry in Heliconius butterflies and melanism in peppered moths are switched at precisely the same gene: cortex.

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