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May 30
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.
vtecostudies-org.zoom.us/j/8…
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28 Oct 2025
For those interested in GRN evolution, please join us next year!
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25 Oct 2025
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…
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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
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24 May 2025
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.
biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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7 Dec 2024
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
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7 Dec 2024
A microRNA is the effector gene of a classic evolutionary hotspot locus | Science science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…
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15 May 2024
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
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7 Apr 2024
Did you realize that butterflies hear, and being able to hear the presence of a competitor increases mating success?
royalsocietypublishing.org/d…
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31 Mar 2024
For those interested in satyrid butterflies, here is the annotated genome of a new species: Mycalesis mineus
academic.oup.com/gbe/article…
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29 Mar 2024
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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Antonia Monteiro retweeted
13 Feb 2024
Glad to share my last thesis chapter! We show that a 22nt micro-RNA controls melanic wing patterns in Lepidoptera
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13 Oct 2023
Ever wonder about the evolutionary origin of caterpillar abdominal legs? They seem to derive from an endite GRN.
news.nus.edu.sg/how-do-cater…
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Antonia Monteiro retweeted
The #BoB2023 Conference website has just been released! bob2023.cz/ You will find information on organisers, scientific symposia, excursions, registration deadlines and fees, venue, social events... Registration will be opened in the next week! Please RT! #butterflies
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Antonia Monteiro retweeted
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!
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Antonia Monteiro retweeted
1 Dec 2022
Excited for this - Presenting my single-cell work for the first time!! Glad I could get a visa and finally make it in person. #ScienceTwitter
2 Nov 2022
⚠️ Programme update for #TiBE2022: Session 1 - Genetics and Evolution of Colour
We now have our confirmed list of selected oral communications for the first session of our #colsci conference, see below for more details 👇
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17 Oct 2022
NUS researchers propose that the causes of eye colour variation in primates may, in part, be explained by differences in lighting in the habitats of primate species.
nature.com/articles/s41598-0…
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