Scientists have recently discovered a population of Heliconius butterflies that have begun to show the process of divergent evolution. The Heliconius have color-based mating preference, and the two colors within the population are beginning to mate exclusively with their own color, despite their genetic likeness. Read the article at http://www.utexas.edu/news/2009/11/05/butterflies_species/
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