This Week in Evolution

TWiEVO 6: Butterflies are free to shuffle



Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello

Nels and Vincent continue with an emerging sub-theme of TWiEVO - organisms with wings - as they reveal how enhancer shuffling produces diverse butterfly wing patterns.

 

Links for this episode
  • Enhancer shuffling for butterfly wing patterns (PLoS Biol)
  • Batesian mimicry (Wikipedia)
  • Müllerian mimicry (Wikipedia)
  • Image credit
  • Letters read on TWiEVO 6
  • Science Picks

    Nels - Hill Country Science MillVincent - The Butterfly Conservatory

    Listener Pick

    Stephen - Darwin Legacy

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