{
  "id": 9364560,
  "title": "Extracellular matrix properties and dynamics are important for butterfly scale nanostructure development",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/extracellular-matrix-properties-and-dynamics-are-important-for",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-23T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "bioRxiv",
    "slug": "biorxiv",
    "url": "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.22.753460v1?rss=1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Butterfly wing scales are intricately structured, cuticle-derived, extensions of single scale cells. Their highly ordered structures confer a range of functions, including producing structural color, which depends upon unknown molecular mechanisms controlling the secretion and ordering of an extracellular matrix (ECM). To find the genes required for patterning the ECM we compare scale…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}