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Mutant butterflies reveal the genetic roots of colorful wings
- AnthonBerg 9y agoLooks like this is the paper: http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2017/08/29/1708149114 http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2017/08/29/1708149114
- AnthonBerg 9y agoThe full text of the paper is subscription-only, but there's an interesting appendix available AS PDF, complete with pictures of mutations: http://www.pnas.org/content/suppl/2017/08/29/1708149114.DCSupplemental/pnas.1708149114.sapp.pdf http://www.pnas.org/content/suppl/2017/08/29/1708149114.DCSu...
- c3534l 9y agoI never thought that evolutionary biology would become and experimental science like that. Yeah, I guess if you want to know what a gene does, get rid of it and see.