The Evolution of a Fan Propelled Water Strider Insects into New Environments (6 of 8) (VIDEO)

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Locomotion habits and niche preference of Rhagovelia and Stridulivelia. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Oct. 20, 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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