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Biological outliers--more gynandromorphs-this time chickens and butterflies
Posted by Joel n Rosenthal
almost 6 years ago
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When viral split sex cardinals just aren't enough...
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/25/science/split-sex-gynandromorph.html?
Has any reader ever encountered a live one of any species?
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Here is a photo and description of a unilaterally-symmetrical gynandromorph Gypsy Moth I found and collected back in 1992.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1613210
Specimens are probably more common than people realize since they can be very difficult to detect.
Jay Keller
Boca
Spellcheck turned "bilaterally" to "unilaterally" above. It is of course bilateral.
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