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Review
. 1994 Jul 1;4(7):611-4.
doi: 10.1016/s0960-9822(00)00133-0.

Insect wings. Patterns upon patterns

G North  1 , V French
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Insect wings. Patterns upon patterns

G North et al. Curr Biol. .

Abstract

Butterfly wing patterns may be generated by an extra coordinate system superimposed on a basic wing-patterning system similar to that of the fruit-fly Drosophila melanogaster.

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