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Virginia Tech entomologist sheds light on 250-year-old mystery of the German cockroach
May 24, 2024
BLACKSBURG, Virginia, May 24 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news:

A team of international scientists, including Virginia Tech entomologist Warren Booth, have solved the 250-year-old origin puzzle of the most prevalent indoor urban pest insect on the planet: the German cockroach.

The team's research findings, representing the genomic analyses of over 280 specimens from 17 countries and six continents, show that this species evolved some 2,100 years ago from a . . .

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