Jewel beetles evolve to see new colors by duplicating their genes
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New research probes the vibrant vision and complex evolutionary history of jewel beetles.
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Hidden complexity in the ontogeny of sexual size dimorphism in
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Hesperiidae Beetles In The Bush
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The evolution of red color vision is linked to coordinated
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First molecular phylogeny of Agrilus (Coleoptera: Buprestidae
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Exploring the diversity of leaf beetles (coleoptera: chrysomelidae
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A cure for the blues: opsin duplication and subfunctionalization
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Genes, Free Full-Text
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Coleoptera
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beetles
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How did jewel beetles' visual systems evolve? •
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Far from random, evolution follows a predictable genetic pattern
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Researchers get to the 'bottom' of how beetles use their butts to