#  Nabokov theory on butterfly evolution vindicated 

 





January 30, 2011

 

 

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**Naomi Pierce** tests Vladimir Nabokov's theory of butterfly evolution in a paper published by *Proceedings of the Royal Society B.* Read about the research in [The New York Times](http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/01/science/01butterfly.html?pagewanted=1%20and%20link%20to%20NPR%20interview:%20http://www.npr.org/2011/01/30/133333682/lolita-author-nabokov-was-right-about-butterflies) and [The *Harvard Gazette*](http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2011/02/nabokov%E2%80%99s-blues/) and listen to an interview with Pierce on [NPR](http://www.npr.org/2011/01/30/133333682/lolita-author-nabokov-was-right-about-butterflies).

 

 

 



 

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