Gynandromorph

Mar 11, 2010 16:58

Chicken, that is.

http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100310/full/news.2010.114.html

Literally half male and half female. Yep.

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faolruadh March 12 2010, 02:51:43 UTC
Gynandromorph insects are more common. If you see a butterfly with noticeably asymmetric wing patterns, it may be a gynandromorph. For an example, see
http://www.daltonstate.edu/galeps/images/jpegs/Papilionidae/Pa%20glaucus%20gynandromorph2.jpg

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avon_deer March 12 2010, 09:22:49 UTC
I truly learned something today.

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jeffreycwells March 12 2010, 17:28:04 UTC
Isn't nature cool?

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