Word: insection
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...factors could be involved as well, including homeobox genes that are not Hox genes (that is, they do not affect the overall structure of an animal). Last year Sean Carroll, a developmental biologist at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Madison, Wisconsin, showed that a homeobox gene involved in insect-limb formation also controls the genetic signals that paint spots on butterfly wings. In essence, says Carroll, butterflies use an old gene to perform a new trick. "Evolution did not have to invent new genes," he observes. "One basic toolbox gives nature enormous potential for diversity...
Structurally, observes McGinnis, insect eyes are very different from the eyes of humans and other vertebrates. For instance, fruit-fly eyes are compound, meaning they are composed of many (in this case 800) individual units, each with its own miniature lens. The difference between a mouse eye, say, and a fruit-fly eye is so enormous that many scientists have argued that the genetic programs responsible for creating different kinds of eyes must have evolved independently...
Goldblum yet again puts his pensive, puzzled face and the arching eyebrows to work. (Remember his tortured scientist-turned-insect role in "The Fly" and the prophesizing scientist in "Jurassic Park"?) His newest movie might well be renamed "A Study of Goldblum" or "Goldblum: Closeup and Personal" based on how often the camera decides to dwell reverently...
...Archive. Carpenter Centerfor the Visual Arts. 24 Quincy St. 495-4700."Arizona Dream" at 3 and 8:15 p.m. Tickets $6.50.(See March 10 Listing) "Animation and Alchemy"with British animator David Anderson in person at6:30 p.m. Tickets $6.50. Women in Japanese Filmfestival: "Onibaba" at 7 p.m. "The Insect Woman"at 9 p.m. Tickets $5 for students...
JOHANNESBURG: Insect Invasion They hiss, bare their teeth and squirt a noxious black goop. The South African rainy season has brought an influx of so-called Parktown Prawns. Not really crustaceans, the brawny, pink, 10-cm- long king crickets are infesting the gardens of affluent suburbs in ever increasing numbers. Some residents insist they are pollution-induced mutants; others tell of ferocious guard dogs driven off by the bugs. One woman claimed her children were traumatized after encountering an insect in their bedroom, and demanded to sleep in the car. Experts say the insects are harmless--good news, since there...