Caught In The Act: Butterfly Mate Preference Shows How 1 Species Becomes 2
Thursday, November 5, 2009 - 20:07
in Biology & Nature
Biologists say they have found a population of tropical butterflies that may be on its way to a split into two distinct species. The cause of this particular break-up? A shift in wing color and mate preference. In a paper published this week in the journal Science, the researchers describe the relationship between diverging color patterns in Heliconius butterflies and the long-term divergence of populations into new and distinct species. read more
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