Michal Kowalewski receives funding from the US National Science Foundation, University of Florida Foundation and the Felburn Foundation, Florida. Thomas K. Frazer receives funding from the National ...

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This article is republished from The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Michal Kowalewski is the Thompson Chair of Invertebrate ...