Thanks to Mark Elsdon (University of Cambridge) for pointing this out:
http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/fema ... -is-inbred
Cheers,
- Pete
Female butterflies can smell if a male butterfly is inbred
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Re: Female butterflies can smell if a male butterfly is inbr
Thank you, this is really interesting
Jo
Jo
Re: Female butterflies can smell if a male butterfly is inbr
Just when you think butterflies are lower order creatures, along comes research that suggests quite the opposite.
Shame it doesn't extend to humans - the government would have the welfare budget under control within months!!
Shame it doesn't extend to humans - the government would have the welfare budget under control within months!!