Phylloxerids share ancestral carotenoid biosynthesis genes of fungal origin with aphids and adelgids
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0185484
Abstract: Gene transfer among reproductively isolated organisms can lead to novel phenotypes and increased fitness. Among the Sternorrhyncha, a suborder of plant sap-feeding hemipteran insects, both aphids and adelgids acquired carotenoid biosynthesis genes from a fungal… read more here.
Keywords: genes fungal; share; aphids adelgids; carotenoid biosynthesis ... See more keywords