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A simple developmental model recapitulates complex insect wing venation patterns.


ABSTRACT: Insect wings are typically supported by thickened struts called veins. These veins form diverse geometric patterns across insects. For many insect species, even the left and right wings from the same individual have veins with unique topological arrangements, and little is known about how these patterns form. We present a large-scale quantitative study of the fingerprint-like "secondary veins." We compile a dataset of wings from 232 species and 17 families from the order Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies), a group with particularly elaborate vein patterns. We characterize the geometric arrangements of veins and develop a simple model of secondary vein patterning. We show that our model is capable of recapitulating the vein geometries of species from other, distantly related winged insect clades.

SUBMITTER: Hoffmann J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6176563 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A simple developmental model recapitulates complex insect wing venation patterns.

Hoffmann Jordan J   Donoughe Seth S   Li Kathy K   Salcedo Mary K MK   Rycroft Chris H CH  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20180917 40


Insect wings are typically supported by thickened struts called veins. These veins form diverse geometric patterns across insects. For many insect species, even the left and right wings from the same individual have veins with unique topological arrangements, and little is known about how these patterns form. We present a large-scale quantitative study of the fingerprint-like "secondary veins." We compile a dataset of wings from 232 species and 17 families from the order Odonata (dragonflies and  ...[more]

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