London Underground May Have Its Own Subspecies Of Mosquito

  • 8 years ago
A paper published in 1999 claims that a distinct subspecies of mosquito evolved in the London Underground subway system over the course of many generations. But not everyone is so sure.

The London Underground just might have its own distinct subspecies of mosquito, reports the BBC.
At least that's the theory posited by a study published in the journal Heredity.
The tube-dwelling mosquito, named Culex pipiens molestus, is believed to have evolved separately from its surface-dwelling relatives due to the small but distinct physical

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