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Sondhi, Y., Ellis, E. A., Bybee, S. M., Theobald, J. C. and Kawahara, A. Y. (2021). Light environment drives evolution of color vision genes in butterflies and moths. Commun. Biol. 4, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-01688-z
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