Half brown, half blue. Half male, half female.
This lobster is a gynandromorph, meaning one side is female (the blue side) and one is male (the brown side). The probability of this occurring is about 1 in 50 million, and is a result of a genetic mutation that has been seen most widespread in insects and birds. Because we depend so heavily on hormones, it is very doubtful that this type of "split down the middle" phenomenon could ever happen in humans.
This lobster is a gynandromorph, meaning one side is female (the blue side) and one is male (the brown side). The probability of this occurring is about 1 in 50 million, and is a result of a genetic mutation that has been seen most widespread in insects and birds. Because we depend so heavily on hormones, it is very doubtful that this type of "split down the middle" phenomenon could ever happen in humans.
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