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Butterfly brains reveal the tweaks required for cognitive innovation

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Heliconius butterflies are the only genus known to feed on nectar and pollen.

They demonstrate a remarkable ability to learn and remember spatial information about their food sources.

Study found that certain groups of cells, known as Kenyon cells, expanded at different rates.

This variation led to a pattern called mosaic brain evolution, where some parts of the brain expand while others remain unchanged.

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