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Title: Gender-bending butterflies observed in Yale study
Post by: Shana A on January 15, 2011, 09:29:18 AM
Post by: Shana A on January 15, 2011, 09:29:18 AM
Gender-bending butterflies observed in Yale study
by Kristofor Husted
Jan 14, 2011
http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=176272 (http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=176272)
If you're a male butterfly looking to mate, locate the females raised in cooler temperatures and you can sit back and let them woo you.
Yale University researchers identified this gender reversal behavior in a strain of the Bicyclus anynana, a butterfly found in Malawi. This is the first species where role reversal has been observed.
by Kristofor Husted
Jan 14, 2011
http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=176272 (http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=176272)
If you're a male butterfly looking to mate, locate the females raised in cooler temperatures and you can sit back and let them woo you.
Yale University researchers identified this gender reversal behavior in a strain of the Bicyclus anynana, a butterfly found in Malawi. This is the first species where role reversal has been observed.