Lord Howe Island Stick Insect Museum Specimen and Ball's Pyramid Stick Insect (IMAGE)

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University

Lord Howe Island Stick Insect Museum Specimen and Ball's Pyramid Stick Insect

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The two insects look different morphologically, which raised questions about whether they were the same species. The OIST researchers confirmed with next generation sequencing that the insects' DNA diverged by less than 1 percent.

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You Ning Su, CSIRO

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