How aphids manipulate plants to build galls (VIDEO)

Stowers Institute for Medical Research

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Aphids inject fast-evolving proteins into plants and can redirect plant development to form galls, structures made from plant tissue that house and feed the insects' offspring. Stern's team is investigating how those bicycle proteins work and how their extreme diversity reflects an evolutionary arms race with plants.

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Stowers Institute for Medical Research

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