Horned and Cyclops Beetle (IMAGE)

Indiana University

Horned and Cyclops Beetle

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Heads of horned and cyclopic beetles of the genus Onthophagus are shown. After knocking out the gene otd1, the cyclopic beetle (right) lost the horn but gained a pair of small compound eyes in the center of the head.

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Indiana University

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