How a butterfly invasion minimizes genetic diversity - Peer2Peer

How a butterfly invasion minimizes genetic diversity

Sep 24, 2024

Until a few years ago, the butterfly known as the southern small white could barely be found north of the Alps. That was before a Europe-wide invasion that brought a huge increase in the insect's distribution—at the same time as a rapid decrease in genetic diversity within the species.

https://phys.org/news/2024-09-butterfly-invasion-minimizes-genetic-diversity.html

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