Antonia Monteiro

[Antonia Monteiro @MonteiroLab]

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.

https://t.co/EInPyYc3Q5

Meeting ID: 868 9830 1046

[Antonia Monteiro @MonteiroLab]

For those interested in GRN evolution, please join us next year!

[Antonia Monteiro @MonteiroLab]

New study from our lab led by former graduate student Shen Tian on the discovery of a "plasticity gene". https://t.co/PkRyLHda6B

[Antonia Monteiro @MonteiroLab]

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. https://t.co/6ZUi87y0PG

[Antonia Monteiro @MonteiroLab]

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.
https://t.co/9Y0ldnDo1T

[Antonia Monteiro @MonteiroLab]

Short documentary movie about a micro RNA with a mega impact on lepidopteran coloration (research led by Shen Tian featured in Science): https://t.co/oxASVhXOew

[Antonia Monteiro @MonteiroLab]

A microRNA is the effector gene of a classic evolutionary hotspot locus | Science https://t.co/aH65ysnP2K

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https://t.co/GU2zXMerYB

[Antonia Monteiro @MonteiroLab]

@Anishasapkota3 Butterfly moms can make oviposition mistakes, but larvae seem to be able to adjust their food/odor preferences…

[Antonia Monteiro @MonteiroLab]

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:
https://t.co/Ei7Sx5sWO0

[Antonia Monteiro @MonteiroLab]

@AndreiMoth Thanks Andrei!

[Antonia Monteiro @MonteiroLab]

@AdrianaBriscoe I’ll let Florence know. Thanks!

[Antonia Monteiro @MonteiroLab]

@seth_donoughe Hi Seth, here we just show a parental effect (maternal, paternal, or both) but previous experiments showed a paternal effect (see Gowri et al. 2019) on odor preference inheritance.

[Antonia Monteiro @MonteiroLab]

@andrew_stoehr @ChrisWWheat how come?

[Antonia Monteiro @MonteiroLab]

Did you realize that butterflies hear, and being able to hear the presence of a competitor increases mating success?

https://t.co/Tm6ELj0kX8

[Antonia Monteiro @MonteiroLab]

For those interested in satyrid butterflies, here is the annotated genome of a new species: Mycalesis mineus
https://t.co/NMC8WeMZsQ

[Antonia Monteiro @MonteiroLab]

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!

[Shen Tian 田申 @tianshenbio]

Glad to share my last thesis chapter! We show that a 22nt micro-RNA controls melanic wing patterns in Lepidoptera

https://t.co/YDBtweAftU

[Antonia Monteiro @MonteiroLab]

Ever wonder about the evolutionary origin of caterpillar abdominal legs? They seem to derive from an endite GRN.

https://t.co/Z1rj8v3CWi

[Biology of Butterflies - Prague 2023 @ConfButterfly]

The #BoB2023 Conference website has just been released! https://t.co/3UivYTYUvM 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