Looking for a PhD student to help uncover whether our arms and legs, and those of insects, share the same core gene-regulatory network. If interested, please contact [email protected]. NUS's Graduate Program application deadline is 15 Nov 2026.
As part of the Global Butterfly Week, I will be talking about "Why and how butterflies display different color patterns on different wings, surfaces, and sexes" over zoom tomorrow. If anyone is interested, link is below.
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Meeting ID: 868 9830 1046
New study from our lab led by former graduate student Shen Tian on the discovery of a "plasticity gene". news.nus.edu.sg/dna-switch-b…
Here is a very detailed examination on how pigmentation in the cuticle of a butterfly wing scale changes the density and refractive index of chitin and, thus, also alters structural color. rdcu.be/eyUwS
For those interested in the evolution of phenotypic plasticity - Shen Tian et al. found that a novel bit of DNA - a Hox gene promoter in the genome of satyrid butterflies - boosts plasticity in the size of their eyespots in response to temperature.
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Short documentary movie about a micro RNA with a mega impact on lepidopteran coloration (research led by Shen Tian featured in Science): youtu.be/xsjlZWldn8s
A microRNA is the effector gene of a classic evolutionary hotspot locus | Science science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…
Butterfly larvae can pass on a learned odor preference to other larvae via a simple hemolymph transfusion. Short film about the work (published today) by my daughter Florence:
youtu.be/qSABUSHdrjQ
Did you realize that butterflies hear, and being able to hear the presence of a competitor increases mating success?
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For those interested in satyrid butterflies, here is the annotated genome of a new species: Mycalesis mineus
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I am looking for an enthusiastic student who wants to perform research on sound communication in butterflies, or on odor learning in butterfly larvae, at the organismal and/or molecular levels (e.g., brain circuitry and single-cell gene expression levels). Fellowship available!
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Glad to share my last thesis chapter! We show that a 22nt micro-RNA controls melanic wing patterns in Lepidoptera
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Ever wonder about the evolutionary origin of caterpillar abdominal legs? They seem to derive from an endite GRN.
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Call for Symposia for Biology of Butterflies Conference 2023 #BoB2023 is open now! For more details, visit the conference web: biologyofbutterflies.org #butterflies #insect #Prague Please RT!
Very proud of this work by very talented Yuji Matsuoka: journals-biologists-com.libp…