In a fantastic series of experiments Keity Farfán-Pira & co have revealed that a tiny region of regulatory #DNA in the #vestigial gene governs whether insect wings are large or small and has played a key role in the evolution of insect #wing size

https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/226/10/jeb246008/310531

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