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(More customer reviews)The title of this volume is an understatement: this book has necesary information for anyone who would understand the basis of butterfly classification, identification, and speciation. Check the table of contents. The contributions are of the highest level. See especially the annex.
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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.
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