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Ke Gao

University of California San DiegoORCID 0000-0003-3006-7073Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Developmental BiologyScience AdvancesPeer-reviewedOct 7, 2026

Sensory receptor expansion and neural accommodation in butterfly color vision

Ke Gao, Julia A. Ainsworth, Antoine Donati…·Michael Perry

The paper investigates how butterflies expand their color vision by adding a second R7 photoreceptor and how the brain accommodates this change through developmental mechanisms.

DOI 10.1126/sciadv.aei7570

Drosophilabacteria (other)

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