The Development and Evolution of Butterfly Wing Patterns (Smithsonian series in comparative evolutionary biology)

by H. Frederick Nijhout

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Integrating the results of comparative morphology, experiments on pattern development, the genetics of color patterns, and theoretical modeling of pattern formation, Nijhout shows that the enormous diversity of natural patterns arises largely from quantitative variations in a small set of readily understandable generating rules.
  • ISBN10 0874749174
  • ISBN13 9780874749175
  • Publish Date 17 August 1991
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Smithsonian Books
  • Imprint Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press