{"id":1192,"date":"2017-10-18T21:13:56","date_gmt":"2017-10-19T01:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/bugcloset\/?p=1192"},"modified":"2017-10-18T21:28:07","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T01:28:07","slug":"cool-finding-by-our-tech-brian-silverman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/bugcloset\/cool-finding-by-our-tech-brian-silverman\/","title":{"rendered":"Cool finding by our tech, Brian Silverman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1193 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/bugcloset\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2017\/10\/F-auricularia-gynandromorph.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"514\" height=\"334\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bilateral gynandromorphy is a condition in which an organism develops the sexual characteristics of both sexes. This typically occurs as an early female zygote loses an X chromosome during mitotic division. The portion that remains XX develops female characteristics while the portion that is now XO develops male characteristics (Le &amp; Rizk, 2012). This occurs in arthropods and occasionally in birds as well. This European Earwig (<em>Forficula auricularia<\/em>\u00a0Linnaeus) was found in Stanislaus County, California. The &#8220;male&#8221; portion of the forceps is large and curved while the &#8220;female&#8221; portion is short and straight.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1195 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/bugcloset\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2017\/10\/F-auricularia.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"523\" height=\"347\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read more about bilateral gynandromorphy in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/science\/2011\/jul\/12\/half-male-half-female-butterfly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">butterflies<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/uk_news\/scotland\/edinburgh_and_east\/8561814.stm\">chickens<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bilateral gynandromorphy is a condition in which an organism develops the sexual characteristics of both sexes. This typically occurs as an early female zygote loses an X chromosome during mitotic division. The portion that remains XX develops female characteristics while &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/bugcloset\/cool-finding-by-our-tech-brian-silverman\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cool finding by our tech, Brian Silverman - Bug Closet<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/bugcloset\/cool-finding-by-our-tech-brian-silverman\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cool finding by our tech, Brian Silverman - Bug Closet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bilateral gynandromorphy is a condition in which an organism develops the sexual characteristics of both sexes. 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