Monday, 8 July 2019

The parallel ecomorph evolution of scorpionflies: The evidence is in the DNA

With only a few cases of ethanol to preserve tissue samples for total genomic DNA analysis, a trio covered much ground in the mountains of Japan and Korea to elucidate the evolution of the scorpionfly. The rugged scientists set out to use molecular phylogenetic analysis to show that the "alpine" type of scorpionfly and "general" type must be different species. After all, the alpine type exhibit shorter wings than the general type, and alpine type females also have very dark and distinct markings on their wings.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/the-parallel-ecomorph-evolution-of-scorpionflies-the-evidence-is-in-the-dna