Aphid (IMAGE)

Penn State

Aphid

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R. maidis feeds on a wheat plant. The team found that viruses manipulate the feeding behavior of aphids to improve their own ability to pass on their genomes to the next generation of viruses.

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J. Smith, Penn State

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