Common genetic toolkit shapes horns in scarab beetles

Thursday, October 4, 2018 - 20:00 in Biology & Nature

Horns have evolved independently multiple times in scarab beetles, but distantly related species have made use of the same genetic toolkit to grow these prominent structures, according to a new study.

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