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ANNUAL REVIEW OF ENTOMOLOGY, VOL 60
Volume 60, Issue -, Pages 253-271Publisher
ANNUAL REVIEWS
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ento-010814-020942
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wing patterns; evo-devo; complex traits; constraints; sexual dimorphism
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This article reviews the latest developments in our understanding of the origin, development, and evolution of nymphalid butterfly eyespots. Recent contributions to this field include insights into the evolutionary and developmental origin of eyespots and their ancestral deployment on the wing, the evolution of eyespot number and eyespot sexual dimorphism, and the identification of genes affecting eyespot development and black pigmentation. I also compare features of old and more recently proposed models of eyespot development and propose a schematic for the genetic regulatory architecture of eyespots. Using this schematic I propose two hypotheses for why we observe limits to morphological diversity across these serially homologous traits.
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