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  Wildflowers and Moths as Examples of Coevolution

The complicated relationship between a common wildflower and a little gray moth is yielding new insights into how species coevolve, with implications for the conservation of biodiversity. Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and Washington State University (WSU) described the variable interactions between these two species--a remarkable case study in coevolution--in a paper to be published in the June 13 issue of the journal Nature. A wildflower, a moth, and a diverse landscape: Shifting relationships offer a rare view of how species interactions evolve