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The genetic switch behind the butterfly's enhanced visual world of color
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What we know
Many insects see the world through hundreds of tiny lenses that are grouped together in a visual organ known as the compound eye. Behind each lens sits a cluster of eight light-detecting cells arranged in a pattern that scientists believe has existed for hundreds of millions of years.
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The genetic switch behind the butterfly's enhanced visual world of color
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