Merrill Richard M
Faculty of Biology, LMU, Munich, Germany.
PLoS Biol. 2025 Mar 12;23(3):e3003054. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3003054. eCollection 2025 Mar.
The bright colors observed across the animal world are often used during mate choice. An exciting new study in PLOS Biology suggests genetic and neural mechanisms contributing to the evolution of visual mating decisions in Heliconius butterflies.
在动物界观察到的鲜艳色彩通常在配偶选择过程中被利用。发表于《公共科学图书馆·生物学》的一项令人兴奋的新研究表明,基因和神经机制促成了光明女神闪蝶视觉择偶决策的进化。