Global invasion history of the agricultural pest butterfly Pieris rapae: a citizen science population genomics study

Here we demonstrate the power of the public to aid in collections-based research, where through an international citizen science project, Pieris Project, we were able to generate genetic evidence and combine it with historical records to uncover routes of invasion of the small cabbage white butterfly—Pieris rapae. We find that the spread of this butterfly across Eurasia occurred relatively recently (

本段阐述公共力量在基于收集的研究中所发挥的巨大作用。通过一项国际公民科学项目—— Pieris 项目，我们得以生成遗传证据，并将其与历史记录相结合，揭示小白菜粉蝶（Pieris rapae）的入侵路径。研究发现，该蝴蝶在欧洲和亚洲的扩散相对较晚发生。