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Rare Dual-Sex Butterfly Born at Museum Exhibition

Sarah Forbes July 14, 2011

At the American Museum of Natural History a rare butterfly was recently hatched, a pure bilateral gynandromorph or a butterfly that is half female and half male, which can be seen in the physical differences of its coloring. This is caused when th...

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In Uncategorized Tags American Museum of Natural History, butterflies, dual-sex, gynandromorphy
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Flirting Aggressively: Cold Born Female Butterflies Switch Gender Roles

Sarah Forbes March 4, 2011

We have many misconceptions about the natural world, and many of them are in regards to gender. Yale University researchers have identified that female caterpillars raised at cooler temperatures grow into adult female butterflies who "court" in th...

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In Uncategorized Tags butterflies, gender, gender roles
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