Caught In The Act: Butterfly Mate Preference Shows How One Species Can Become Two
Friday, November 6, 2009 - 00:29
in Biology & Nature
Breaking up may not be hard to do, say scientists who've found a population of tropical butterflies that may be splitting into two distinct species. The cause of this particular break-up? A shift in wing color and mate preference. In a new study, the researchers describe the relationship between diverging color patterns in Heliconius butterflies and the long-term divergence of populations into new and distinct species.
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