Battles between the sexes have been much more important in creating species than scientists have realized, say Swedish researchers.
When insects, such as these tobacco budworms, mate, conflicts may drive the formation of new species. USDA/ARS
Lineages of insects rife with sex conflict have split into at least four times as many species compared with related lineages with less conflict, report Göran Arnqvist and his colleagues at the University of Umeå in Sweden.
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