Nature ecology & evolutionAnimalsButterfliesWingsAnimalPromoter Regions
A novel Hox gene promoter fuels the evolution of adaptive phenotypic plasticity in wing eyespots of satyrid butterflies.
Shen Tian, Bonnie Lee, Tirtha Das Banerjee, Suriya Narayanan Murugesan, Antónia Monteiro
Published: 202510.1038/s41559-025-02891-5
Abstract
Adaptive phenotypic plasticity allows organisms to display distinct phenotypes in response to variable environments, but little is known about the genomic changes that promote the evolution of plasticity on a macroevolutionary scale. Here, combining…
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