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A new study by researchers at the University of Chicago and the City College of New York (CCNY) has identified a unique, genetic mimicry switch that determines whether or not male and female Elymnias hypermnestra palmflies mimic the same or different species of butterflies. The results indicate that sexual dimorphism has repeatedly emerged in different palmfly populations, and linked the trait to a gene associated with melanin localization and regulation.
Published on Jan. 13 in the journal
Royal Proceedings of the Academy B, these results can help scientists start to better understand the genetics underlying phenotypic differences between males and females in the animal kingdom, investigators say.
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NEW YORK, January 13, 2021 Many animal and insect species use Batesian mimicry mimicking a poisonous species as a defense against predators. The common palmfly Elymnias hypermnestra a species of satyrine butterfly that is found throughout wide areas of tropical and subtropical Asia adds a twist to this evolutionary strategy. The females evolved two distinct forms, either orange or dark brown, imitating two separate poisonous model species, Danaus or Euploea. The males are uniformly brown. A population group is either entirely brown (both males and females) or mixed (brown males and orange females).
David Lohman, an epidemiologist with The Graduate Center, CUNY and tThe City College of New York, and his collaborators studied the genome of 45 samples representing 18 butterfly subspecies across Asia to determine their evolutionary history and establish which genes are responsible for the color variation in females. They found that neither the orange nor brown female
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Kumail Nanjiani turned heads in late 2019 after revealing his muscular physique in preparation for his role as Kingo in Marvel s Eternals. About a year later, another picture of Nanjiani, the Pakistani-American star of Silicon Valley and The Big Sick, showed him celebrating 2021 in a tight, long-sleeved shirt that showed off his bulging biceps. It spurred quick backlash, with Twitter trolls accusing the star of taking steroids or having plastic surgery.
Nanjiani has not addressed the negative replies and did not respond to USA TODAY s request for comment.
But experts say the outcry over the actor s chiseled physique is a result of systemic racism and a misguided standard of masculinity.