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The gene ivory:mir-193 controls scale type differentiation in Heliconius butterflies
Joseph J. Hanly, Leo T. Camino, Julia C. Holder…·W. Owen McMillan
The paper identifies ivory:mir-193 as a master regulator of scale type differentiation in Heliconius butterflies, showing it converts Type II scales to Type I and influences Type III scale development through readthrough transcription.
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