Scientists use CRISPR to tweak butterfly wing color, change wing scale surface structure.

Pigments and the fine structure of butterfly wing scales work together to generate a mosaic of colors and patterns that help the insect camouflage or attract mates. On July 3, in the journal Cell Reports, scientists show how it only takes a few pigment genes to modify both the color and the morphology of wing scales.

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Publicado el julio 4, 2018 11:32 MAÑANA por biohexx1