Acyrthosiphon pisum (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

Acyrthosiphon pisum

Caption

Pea aphids (Acyrthosiphon pisum) on a broad bean (Vicia faba): To determine the genes that regulate the production of nepetalactone in sexual females, the researchers harvested legs from female and male aphids and extracted RNA from the tissue samples.

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Anna Schroll

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