Download or read book The Development and Evolution of Butterfly Wing Patterns written by H. Frederik Nijhout and published by Smithsonian Institution. This book was released on 1991-08-17 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.