Research suggests complex genetic heritage in three cicada species
Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 06:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
(Phys.org) —A paper co-authored by ecology and evolutionary biology professor Chris Simon, two UConn research associates, and other colleagues, offers genetic proof that three common species of cicada, although each has 13- and 17-year life cycles and each is found in eastern, middle, and western geographic regions, evolved independently and at different times from each other.