The Development and Evolution of Butterfly Wing Patterns Author : H. Frederik Nijhout Publisher : Smithsonian Institution Total Pages : 315 Release : 1991-08-17 ISBN 10 : 9780874749175 ISBN 13 : 0874749174 Language : EN, FR, DE, ES & NL GET BOOK The Development and Evolution of Butterfly Wing Patterns Book Description: 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.