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Current Feed ContentFast evolution observed in butterfliesScientists reported that they had documented very fast evolution in the butterfly species Hypolimnas bolina. After infection by Wolbachia, the fraction of the population that was male dropped drastically to about 1% of the total population. However, after approximately ten generations (about a year) the male population had rebounded to about 39% of the overall population. In the case of H. bolina, infected females were unable to have male offspring since the male embryos died early on.... |
