Scientists have solved the damselfly color mystery

For over 20 years, a research team has studied the common bluetail damselfly. Females occur in three different color forms — one with a male-like appearance, something that protects them from mating harassment. In a new study, an international research team found that this genetic color variation that is shared between several species arose through changes in a specific genomic region at least five million years ago.
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