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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2017

Single master regulatory gene coordinates the evolution and development of butterfly color and iridescence.

Linlin Zhang, Anyi Mazo-Vargas, Robert D Reed

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 74 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

74 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Linlin ZhangDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-7202.
Anyi Mazo-VargasDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-7202.ORCID 0000-0001-9644-2871
Robert D ReedDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-7202 robertreed@cornell.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-6065-6728

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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AnimalsButterfliesCRISPR-Cas SystemsGene Knockdown TechniquesInsect ProteinsPigmentationTranscription FactorsWings, AnimalInsect ProteinsTranscription FactorsbutterflyCRISPRiridescenceommochromeoptix

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PMID28923944
PMCPMC5635902

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