Monday, July 25, 2005
Speciation Happens
From the BBC News UK Edition, Julianna Kettlewell reports that a butterfly may unlock the evolutionary secret of speciation:
Given our planet's rich biodiversity, "speciation" clearly happens regularly, but scientists cannot quite pinpoint the driving forces behind it.
Now, researchers studying a family of butterflies think they have witnessed a subtle process, which could be forcing a wedge between newly formed species.
