A few summers ago, we individually reared 1200 wood tiger moth caterpillars with the aim to understand the associations and genetic basis of different traits; colour, chemical defences, behaviour, pheromones and more. The results are here!
And here is the working link: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
So varying selection pressures, rather than genetic associations, are contributing to the maintenance of the wing colour polymorphism in this species. Thanks for a big group effort @aplantaginis.bsky.social in Jyväskylä, and Eva and co. at the University of Cambridge 🐛
Melanie Brien
Are you a bachelor's / master's student looking for a thesis project or Erasmus Internship? We’re looking for someone to come and help us collecting data! If you’re interested, feel free to contact me! :)
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Exciting biophysics PhD and supervisor dream team 🦋
Is wing colour polymorphism maintained by other linked traits within a supergene? It doesn't seem like it - traits are mostly controlled by independent loci. Hindwing melanisation was linked to morph colour in males though, and in females, red colour was phenotypically related to pheromone amount.
Happy to report a successful trip for the scarlet tiger moth team 🐛🐛
The groups first field trip is underway! @paulinea73.bsky.social got the first caterpillar of her PhD 🥳 @michalbartak.bsky.social
Arctic plants, ichthyosaurs and more! We received funding from Nordforsk for a Nordic network for convergent evolution #NCEN! It is led by @siribirkeland.bsky.social and me, hosted at the Natural History Museum @uio.no and include researchers with amazing work🥳 www.nordforsk.org/projects/nor...
