Insect stole fungus gene to make plant pigment

Friday, April 30, 2010 - 17:31 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Researchers at the University of Arizona conducted a genetic study of the pea aphid and found the insects make their own carotenoids, nutrients that give plants a red-orange colour.

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