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The planet’s over 160,000 moth species are best known for their nighttime flights and being power pollinators. Now, some moths are opening an evolutionary window into how one species can diverge into separate species with different traits. The so-called disco gene might be behind a stark difference in flight patterns in two colorful moths…
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The ‘disco’ gene could help moths tell time
The planet’s over 160,000 moth species are best known for their nighttime flights and being power pollinators. Now, some moths are opening an evolutionary window into how one species can diverge into separate species with different traits. The so-called disco gene might be behind a stark difference in flight patterns in two colorful moths…