Fwd: Fw: Comments & Suggestions from Butterfly pages
Chip Taylor
chip at ku.edu
Mon Feb 2 09:57:56 EST 2004
The following may be of some help - go to
http://www.monarchwatch.org/update/082103.htm and scroll down to
imaginal discs.
>Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2004 08:54:52 +0000
>From: Simon Coombes <simon at butterfly-guide.co.uk>
>Subject: Fw: Comments & Suggestions from Butterfly pages
>
>A bit technical for me!
>
>Simon
>
>
> > Do you know what the actual wing formation process within the chrysalis
>is? Is there a stem cell DNA process, or a chemical construction that is
>based on food source or water availability? I understand that a hormonal
>influence jump starts the metamorphosis, but are there specific triggers for
>wing formation? Do butterflies get "birth defects" like humans? Any help
>would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks, Wendy Grosenbach Denver, Colorado,
>USA
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