Pea Aphids (IMAGE)

Emory Health Sciences

Pea Aphids

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Pea aphids, expert survivors of the insect world, appear to lack major biological defenses, according to the first genetic analysis of their immune system.

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Nicole Gerardo, www.emory.edu/esciencecommons

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