The Evolution of a Fan Propelled Water Strider Insects into New Environments (IMAGE)

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The Evolution of a Fan Propelled Water Strider Insects into New Environments

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The Evolution of a Fan Propelled Water Strider Insects into New Environments (1 of 8) Caption: santos1HR.jpg Rhagovelia individuals on water. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the 20 October 2017, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by M.E. Santos at Université de Lyon in Lyon, France, and colleagues was titled, "Taxon-restricted genes at the origin of a novel trait allowing access to a new environment."

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Abderrahman Khila

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