New discoveries on evolution can save endangered species
Thursday, June 23, 2016 - 16:21
in Biology & Nature
Male and female of the beautiful demoiselle (Calopteryx virgo) in the so-called "mating wheel". Traditionally, the evolutionary development of an insect species has been explained by the notion that the female insect chooses her male partner based on size and other factors, so-called assortative mating. These mating patterns have also been believed to partially explain how the isolation between different species is maintained.