The discovery of an all-female population of damselflies in the Azores archipelago provides a novelty for entomologists. It also highlights the unique selection pressures faced by species that colonize islands.
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Sherratt, T., Beatty, C. Island of the clones. Nature 435, 1039–1040 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/4351039a
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