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Social Science 2023-06-21 1 min read

Monarch butterflies are more likely to survive their long migrations if they have more and larger white spots on their wings, possibly because it gives them an aerodynamic advantage

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Monarch butterflies are more likely to survive their long migrations if they have more and larger white spots on their wings, possibly because it gives them an aerodynamic advantage
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Article URL:  https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0286921

Article Title: How the monarch got its spots: Long-distance migration selects for larger white spots on monarch butterfly wings

Author Countries: USA

Funding: The authors received no specific funding for this work.

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