The Atlas blue butterfly, which is native to Morocco and Algeria, is an intriguing case study for genetic scientists because ...

Scientists have sequenced the genome of the Atlas blue butterfly for the first time and confirmed it holds the highest chromosome number among multicellular animals. The butterfly lives in the ...

An unassuming butterfly called the Atlas blue has been confirmed to have the greatest known number of chromosome pairs of any animal. The elusive species (Polyommatus atlantica), which is native to ...