Chemera and Mosaic Insects Part 2-Butterflies and Moths
A chimera (also spelled chimaera) (from the creature Chimera in Greek mythology) is a single organism composed of cells from different zygotes. This can result in male and female organs, two blood types, or subtle variations in form. Animal chimeras are produced by the merger of multiple fertilized eggs. If the different cells have emerged from the same zygote, the organism is called a mosaic. Chimeras are formed from at least four parent cells (two fertilised eggs or early embryos fused together). Each population of cells keeps its own character and the resulting organism is a mixture of tissues. Chimeras can often breed, but the fertility and type of offspring depends on which cell line gave rise to the ovaries or testes; varying degrees of intersex differences may result if one set of cells is genetically female and another genetically male. A gynandromorph is an organism that contains both male and female characteristics, authorities say. The term gynandromorph, from Greek “gyne” female and “andro” male, is mainly used in the field of entomology, though it has also been observed in arthropods and birds as well. Another way that chimærism can occur in animals is by organ transplantation, giving one individual tissues that developed from two genomes. For example, a bone marrow transplant can change someone’s blood type. Normally, chimærism is not visible on casual inspection; however, it has been detected in the course of proving parentage and may be more common than was believed before the advent of DNA testing.
Unearthed these old concepts of a jaguar/tapir inspired Baku like thing, from when I still had a faint hope of applying to animation school (before the reality of not enough money fully settling in), I still really like this and a couple friends have been really encouraging about the potential for motion in these, so I’d like to do more stuff to push myself in this direction while I take a break from other stuff.
It’s weird how cats vary in sizes and colors but still look pretty similar and then there are dogs who can range from “this fuckin close to being a bear” all the way down to “small angry potato”
it’s cause dogs have “slippery genomes” which in short means they mutate easier and different individuals of the same species can look vastly different while most feline species look roughly the same
baby fish hiding under the bell of a jellyfish and using its stinging threads as protection from circling predators. this “floating safe house” will provide the fish with protection and food until they’re big enough to venture out on their own. (source)
Those “leaves” around it in the third gif are fish as well! Cornetfish (not a typo, not cometfish) imitate strips of seaweed in order to avoid predators.
There aren’t any stinging cells up under the jellyfish’s bell, so they hide under there, which keeps predators from spotting and eating them. I mostly see what look like baby jacks, plus a couple of filefish in that second gif.
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