
Pigmentation pattern formation in butterflies: experiments and models.
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Nijhout, HF; Maini, PK; Madzvamuse, A; Wathen, AJ; Sekimura, T
Published in: Comptes Rendus Biologies
August 2003
Butterfly pigmentation patterns are one of the most spectacular and vivid examples of pattern formation in biology. They have attracted much attention from experimentalists and theoreticians, who have tried to understand the underlying genetic, chemical and physical processes that lead to patterning. In this paper, we present a brief review of this field by first considering the generation of the localised, eyespot, patterns and then the formation of more globally controlled patterns. We present some new results applied to pattern formation on the wing of the mimetic butterfly Papilio dardanus.
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Comptes Rendus Biologies
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EISSN
1768-3238
ISSN
1631-0691
Publication Date
August 2003
Volume
326
Issue
8
Start / End Page
717 / 727
Related Subject Headings
- Wings, Animal
- Plant Biology & Botany
- Pigmentation
- Models, Biological
- Male
- Larva
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Female
- Evolutionary Biology
- Diffusion
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Nijhout, H. F., Maini, P. K., Madzvamuse, A., Wathen, A. J., & Sekimura, T. (2003). Pigmentation pattern formation in butterflies: experiments and models. Comptes Rendus Biologies, 326(8), 717–727. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crvi.2003.08.004
Nijhout, H Frederik, Philip K. Maini, Anotida Madzvamuse, Andrew J. Wathen, and Toshio Sekimura. “Pigmentation pattern formation in butterflies: experiments and models.” Comptes Rendus Biologies 326, no. 8 (August 2003): 717–27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crvi.2003.08.004.
Nijhout HF, Maini PK, Madzvamuse A, Wathen AJ, Sekimura T. Pigmentation pattern formation in butterflies: experiments and models. Comptes Rendus Biologies. 2003 Aug;326(8):717–27.
Nijhout, H. Frederik, et al. “Pigmentation pattern formation in butterflies: experiments and models.” Comptes Rendus Biologies, vol. 326, no. 8, Aug. 2003, pp. 717–27. Epmc, doi:10.1016/j.crvi.2003.08.004.
Nijhout HF, Maini PK, Madzvamuse A, Wathen AJ, Sekimura T. Pigmentation pattern formation in butterflies: experiments and models. Comptes Rendus Biologies. 2003 Aug;326(8):717–727.

Published In
Comptes Rendus Biologies
DOI
EISSN
1768-3238
ISSN
1631-0691
Publication Date
August 2003
Volume
326
Issue
8
Start / End Page
717 / 727
Related Subject Headings
- Wings, Animal
- Plant Biology & Botany
- Pigmentation
- Models, Biological
- Male
- Larva
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Female
- Evolutionary Biology
- Diffusion