Wing patterns of a normal Sara Longwing butterfly (left) compared to a mutant butterfly generated with CRISPR (right) Butterfly wings have been given make-overs by scientists who tweaked a ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The beautiful patterns on butterfly wings are emerging as exceptional model systems that may reveal much about how the shapes, sizes and colors of specific organisms have evolved, a ...

A zebra’s stripes, a seashell’s spirals, a butterfly’s wings: these are all examples of patterns in nature. The formation of patterns is a puzzle for mathematicians and biologists alike.

Evolutionary Novelty in a Butterfly Wing Pattern through Enhancer Shuffling. PLOS Biology , 2016; 14 (1): e1002353 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002353 Cite This Page : ...