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The early evolution of successful twig mimicry in insects
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Phys.Org

by Science China Press Twig mimicry is most common and diversified in Phasmatodea (stick and leaf insects), a group of iconic models for understanding the evolution of camouflage and mimicry among insects. Extant stick and leaf insects …

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Genome-mapping reveals 'supermutation' resulting in cryptic coloration in stick insects
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Phys.Org https://phys.org/news/2020-07-genome-mapping-reveals-supermutation-resulting-cryptic.html

by Mary-Ann Muffoletto, Utah State University, Utah State University Traits that form an organism's appearance, including color, are determined by …

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Was early stick insect evolution triggered by birds and mammals?
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Phys.Org https://phys.org/news/2019-10-early-insect-evolution-triggered-birds.html

by University of Göttingen

Stick and leaf insects are a diverse and strikingly bizarre group of insects with a world-wide distribution, which are more common …

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A tale of winglets: evolution of flight morphology in stick insects
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ColdSpringHarbourLab https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/774067v1

View ORCID ProfileYu Zeng, Conner O’Malley, Sonal Singhal, Faszly Rahim, Sehoon Park, Xin Chen, Robert Dudley
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Fantastic phasmids: The mysterious lives of stick insects
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Earth.com

https://www.earth.com/news/stick-insects/

By Richard Pallardy

Earth.com staff writer

Hidden in plain sight are a group of insects that, for all of their cryptic inclinations, like to dance. Many of the 3,000 species of the order …

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Colorful display of newly described stick insects confounds scientists
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Mongabay https://news.mongabay.com/2019/04/colorful-display-of-newly-described-stick-insects-confounds-scientists/

by Malavika Vyawahare on 16 April 2019

          • Most stick insect species blend into their surroundings to avoid predators.
          • But the …
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          Comes naturally? Using stick insects, scientists explore natural selection, predictability
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          EurekAlert https://eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/usu-cnu021518.php

          Though evolution appears random, multiple mechanisms at play suggest natural selection

          Untah Ste University

          Is evolution predictable? Are changes in a species random or do they …

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          Asexual reproduction can have negative effects on genome evolution in stick insects
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          Phys.Org

          Asexual reproduction can have negative effects on genome evolution in stick insects

          by Universität zu Köln

          An international research team has shown that parthenogenesis, a form of asexual reproduction, negatively affects the genome evolution of …

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          A species of stick insects found in Britain have stopped having sex with their male counterparts and become a female-only population.
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          BBC https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-49404613

          Key words: Stick insect, UK, Loss of sexual reproduction

          The insects - found off the coast of Cornwall - reproduce asexually without the need of male sperm.

          Clitarchus hookeri - originally from New Zealand …

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          Stick insects travel long distances—by being eaten by birds
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          Science https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/05/stick-insects-travel-long-distances-being-eaten-birds

          By Michael Allen May. 28, 2018

          Stick insects can’t travel long distances by themselves, but they’ve somehow managed to spread far and wide, even …

          Found: 'stick_insects' and inferring: 'stick_insect'
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