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QUOTE `{}`	By examining the DNA of more than 100 moss carder bumblebee specimens stored at the Natural History Museum and other institutions across the UK, the researchers saw dramatic changes in the genetic diversity of these insects. Specimens us...
QUOTE `{}`	Across Britain as a whole, the genetic diversity of moss carder bumblebees has declined steadily since the late nineteenth century, falling by around a quarter over the past 100 years. In England and Wales, this has been accompanied by a...
QUOTE `{}`	Using this genome as a reference, the researchers were able to identify 29 museum specimens previously identified as moss carder bumblebees that actually belonged to its close relatives.