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. 2024 Oct 7;34(19):R901-R904.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.05.023.

Melanism: Cryptic control by non-coding RNAs

Richard H Ffrench-Constant  1 , Alex Hayward  2
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Melanism: Cryptic control by non-coding RNAs

Richard H Ffrench-Constant et al. Curr Biol. .
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Abstract

Melanism drives both crypsis and mimicry in butterflies and moths. To date, melanism has been mapped to a structural gene called cortex, but now more detailed work shows that in fact it is controlled by non-coding RNAs at the same locus.

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