Publication Date:
2016-06-17
Description:
Article Transcription factors Distal-less(Dll) and spalt were co-opted during the evolution of butterfly eyespots. Here, Zhang and Reed use CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing to show that while spalt is a positive regulator of eyespots as predicted, Dll knockouts have positive effects on both eyespot size and number, thus suggesting that Dll is an eyespot repressor, not an activator as previously thought. Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/ncomms11769 Authors: Linlin Zhang, Robert D. Reed
Electronic ISSN:
2041-1723
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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