A release from developmental bias accelerates morphological diversification in butterfly eyespots
O. Brattstrom, K. Aduse-Poku, E. van Bergen, V. French, P. M. Brakefield
This study shows that developmental bias limits eyespot color diversification in butterflies, but the genus Heteropsis has evolved to overcome this bias, enabling rapid morphological change.
bioRxiv · Apr 27, 2020Evolutionary Biology