A migratory divide in insects! 🦋 Vanessa cardui butterflies migrate in opposite directions in the Northern and Southern hemispheres 🌍, a pattern driven by a chromosomal inversion 🧬

Paper @natcomms.nature.com
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#butterflymigration #insectmigration #migratorydivide #evolution

New paper! We uncover the intriguing biogeographic history behind the Holarctic disjunct distributions in Vanessa butterflies.

#butterflymigration #biogeography #evolution #PhyloMigrationLab @aleixpalahi.bsky.social
@ibb-botanic.bsky.social @csic.es

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