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. 2012 Dec 5;7(12):e51087. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051087

Figure 5. Hh sequestration decreases wing size in both species and relative eyespot size in J. coenia.

Figure 5

Forewing height in B. anynana (A) and J. coenia (B) and forewing area in J. coenia (C) are smaller in 5E1-injected butterflies compared with NS1-injected controls. Relative eyespot size, e.g., the diameter of the black and gold rings of the Cu1 eyespot on both ventral (vent) and dorsal (dors) surfaces of J. coenia is also smaller in 5E1-injected individuals (D-F; mean trait values are displayed for a wing height of 16 mm). GLM analyses use sex as a grouping variable but here sexes are plotted together. (G) Regression of black disc diameter of Cu1 dorsal eyespot on wing height for B. anynana (left) and J. coenia (right). In J. coenia, 5E1-injected individuals (red dots) display significantly smaller Cu1 eyespots relative to NS1-injected individuals (green dots) of comparable size, while B. anynana eyespots are not significantly smaller for an individual of a given size.