How can different species evolve different physical features despite using similar molecular toolkits? Studies of wing colour development in fruitflies point to specific changes in a gene's regulatory region.
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Brakefield, P., French, V. How and why to spot fly wings. Nature 433, 466–467 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/433466a
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