In Mimicking Each Other, Butterflies Today Look More Diverse, "ButterflyNet" Reveals (1 of 1) (IMAGE)

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In Mimicking Each Other, Butterflies Today Look More Diverse, "ButterflyNet" Reveals (1 of 1)

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Butterfly co-mimic pairs from the species Heliconius erato (odd columns) and Heliconius melpomene (even columns). Illustrated butterflies are sorted by greatest similarity (along rows, top left to bottom right) using machine learning methods which enable new tests and discoveries in evolutionary theory. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the August 14th, 2019, issue of Science Advances, published by AAAS. The paper, by J.F. Hoyal Cuthill at Tokyo Institute of Technology in Tokyo, Japan, and colleagues was titled, "Deep learning on butterfly phenotypes tests evolution's oldest mathematical model."

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J. Hoyal Cuthill, S. Ledger, R. Crowther

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