@CurrentBiology I always find findings derived from #historical #museummaterial particularly fascinating. In the case of the work by author H. R. Ghanavi et al. (2026), a 40-year-old specimen of #Drosophila #enhydrobia was almost completely #genomically #reconstructed using #museomicmethods.
Text by Stefan F. Wirth
Reference:
G. Farley (2026), science writing:
https://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/72938/20260509/how-drosophila-enhydrobia-evolved-bloodthirsty-underwater-fruit-fly-hunter.htm
H. R. Ghanavi et al. (2026) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2026.04.024


