Evolution of a novel organelle in insects
Symbiotic bacterium has integrated into aphids using a mechanism common to mitochondria and chloroplasts
23-Jul-2014 -
A Toyohashi Tech researcher in cooperation with researchers at RIKEN, Iwate Medical University, Tokyo Institute of Technology, and the National Institute of Genetics, has revealed that aphids synthesize a protein from a gene laterally acquired from bacteria, and the produced protein is ...
bacteria
Buchnera aphidicola
gammaproteobacteria
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