Friday, August 21, 2015

The Kinsey Wasp Collection

Before revolutionizing the study of sex, Alfred Kinsey gathered millions of gall wasps. His huge collection—7.5 million wasps and the plant galls from which they hatch—is now housed at the American Museum of Natural History. This episode of  Shelf Life explains how having so many specimens can unlock important avenues of research.

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