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Secrets of butterfly wing patterns revealed by gene hacking

Secrets of butterfly wing patterns revealed by gene hacking

18 September 2017

Butterflies' wings have extraordinary patterns and colours, and it turns out they are controlled by a single "master gene" that performs many roles
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Maths explains how bees can stay airborne with such tiny wings

25 July 2017

The tiny wings on bees shouldn’t be able to lift their big bodies. How they fly has eluded mathematicians since the 1930s, but the mystery is now solved

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