tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1699498022364463633.post6245975324338436727..comments2023-12-21T23:17:51.728+00:00Comments on St Margaret's at Cliffe Photo Diary: Stranger than fiction.Tony Morrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01516463619239374331noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1699498022364463633.post-11302639753520034262012-08-02T20:44:47.442+01:002012-08-02T20:44:47.442+01:00Philip Jewess posted this interesting explanation ...Philip Jewess posted this interesting explanation of UKmoths:<br /><br />"The sharp division down the mid-line has all the characteristics of a halved gynandromorph, which is most obvious in lepidoptera with a high degree of sexual dimorphism (e.g. the blues). In bilateral gynandromorphs I think it is caused by incomplete sex chromosome separation during mitosis. I doubt that the two halves of this insect are of different sexes but I guess it was produced by a somatic mutation in one of the two cells formed from the first zygotic division. It would make an interesting set specimen.<br /> <br />Philip Jewess "Tony Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01516463619239374331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1699498022364463633.post-28844490344257932882012-08-02T12:03:31.108+01:002012-08-02T12:03:31.108+01:00That looks very unusual indeed. Very interesting.That looks very unusual indeed. Very interesting.jelltexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02483033378856955912noreply@blogger.com