Cédric Finet

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This study identifies araucan as a transcription factor that regulates butterfly wing iridescence by coordinating scale structure and pigmentation through pattern-specific effects.

This study shows that ridge and crossrib height in butterfly wing scales influence structural color diversity and introduces a geometrical model to predict color.

The paper shows that Calreticulin is essential for forming chitin pillars inside butterfly wing scale cells and affects scale morphology and pigmentation.

The paper identifies Antennapedia and optix as regulators of metallic silver wing scale development and cell shape in Bicyclus anynana butterflies using single-cell analysis of crispant mutants.

The paper shows that localized actomyosin tension at compartment boundaries orients cell division in Drosophila embryos, independent of cell geometry.

The paper reports the sequencing and manual annotation of the Gerris buenoi genome, identifying gene expansions linked to adaptations for aquatic life.