thorax

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The first controls the formation of colour pattern on the wings, while the second controls the colouring of the head, thorax and abdomen.

From Science Daily • Nov. 22, 2024

They’re mostly black except for yellow splotches on the top of their thorax and heads.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 24, 2023

Then the researchers studied each specimen directly and took a piece of its thorax for DNA sequencing.

From Scientific American • Mar. 8, 2023

Another intern taught her how to spread the jam evenly, monitor the drying process, then use tweezers to assemble the head, thorax, abdomen and wings.

From New York Times • Jan. 9, 2023

One embryonic segment becomes the second section of the thorax and grows two wings.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee