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Museum genomics reveals the Xerces blue butterfly (Glaucopsyche xerces) was a distinct species driven to extinction

The last Xerces blue butterfly was seen in the early 1940s, and its extinction is credited to human urban development. This butterfly has become a North American icon for insect conservation, but some have questioned whether it was truly a distinct species, or simply an isolated population of anothe...

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Autores principales: Grewe, Felix, Kronforst, Marcus R., Pierce, Naomi E., Moreau, Corrie S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8292013/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34283930
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2021.0123