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UM research finds evidence of non-adaptive evolution within cicadas


May 18, 2015

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University of Montana (UM) assistant professor John McCutcheon has once again discovered something new about the complex and intriguing inner workings of the cicada insect. The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences recently published his findings online. In the paper McCutcheon and his team found that the nutritional symbionts living inside long-living cicadas have become a lot more complicated. And it's not necessarily a good thing for the insect.Full Story

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