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ArticleInsects2021

The Fractal Geometry of the Nymphalid Groundplan: Self-Similar Configuration of Color Pattern Symmetry Systems in Butterfly Wings.

Joji M Otaki

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Article in Insects, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
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

13 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Joji M OtakiThe BCPH Unit of Molecular Physiology, Department of Chemistry, Biology and Marine Science, Faculty of Science, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa 903-0213, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-3425-7085
University of the Ryukyus · JP

Funding

JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) JP20K06724University of the Ryukyus None
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The nymphalid groundplan is an archetypical color pattern of nymphalid butterflies involving three major symmetry systems and a discal symmetry system, which share the basic morphogenesis unit. Here, the morphological and spatial relationships among these symmetry systems were studied based on cross-species comparisons of nymphalid hindwings. Based on findings in

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butterfly wingcolor patterncolor pattern elementfractalLepidopteraNymphalidaenymphalid groundplanorganizerself-similarityserial inductionsymmetry breakingsymmetry system

Identifiers

PMID33419048
PMCPMC7825419
OpenAlexW3120535689

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