#the intuitive idea being that if the species are closely related then it'll more likely be the same genes/mechanisms producing the eyespots
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i've been working on a research paper for my butterfly tutorial and the one thing i know for absolute certain is that eco-devo lepidopterists are absolutely obsessed with nymphalids
#melonposting#i'm writing my paper on pattern homology and phylogenetic distance right? and i've chosen to focus on eyespots cuz leps also looooove those#like when considering two species w/ eyespots -- did the same genes/mechanisms produce the eyespots in both?#and to the extent that it is the same/different i'm seeing how that correlates with how related the two species are#the intuitive idea being that if the species are closely related then it'll more likely be the same genes/mechanisms producing the eyespots#and so for part of my research i want to see the genetic/developmental basis of eyespots in non-nymphalid butterflies#(hoping to compare that with the nymphalids)#but it's allllllllll nymphalids!!!!!!!#i get one article on spots in pierid butterflies but those aren't even eyespots. c'mon now#i thought you guys loved eyespots </3 you only love them in nymphalids i guess#i'm also finding very little about the relationship between homology and phylogeny in lepidoptera. but i guess that's a bit specific huh#pubmed save me. save me google scholar
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