Evolutionary BiologyNaturePeer-reviewed
The origins of a novel butterfly wing patterning gene from within a family of conserved cell cycle regulators
Nicola Nadeau, Carolina Pardo-Diaz, Annabel Whibley…·Chris Jiggins
The paper identifies a novel gene, poikilomousa, that regulates color pattern switches in Heliconius butterflies and has evolved a new function from a conserved cell cycle regulator.
DOI 10.1038/nature17961