All in a Gene: Secrets of Lookalike Butterflies Revealed

Wednesday, March 5, 2014 - 16:30 in Biology & Nature

To fool predators, some butterflies create wing color patterns that make them resemble their unpalatable cousins. Only recently have scientists been unraveling how they do that, and now researchers have identified the gene that does the trick for an Asian swallowtail.    

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