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Pigmentation pattern formation in butterflies - experiments and models

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posted on 2023-06-08, 08:04 authored by H Frederik Nijhout, Philip K Maini, Anotida MadzvamuseAnotida Madzvamuse, Andrew J Wathen, Toshio Sekimura
Butterfly pigmentation patterns are one of the most spectacular and vivid examples of pattern formation in biology. They have attracted much attention from experimentalists and theoreticians, who have tried to understand the underlying genetic, chemical and physical processes that lead to patterning. In this paper, we present a brief review of this field by first considering the generation of the localised, eyespot, patterns and then the formation of more globally controlled patterns. We present some new results applied to pattern formation on the wing of the mimetic butterfly Papilio dardanus.

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  • Published

Journal

Comptes Rendus Biologies

ISSN

1631-0691

Publisher

Elsevier

Issue

8

Volume

326

Page range

711-727

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  • Mathematics Publications

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-06

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