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First known gene transfer from plant to insect identified

Discovery that a whitefly uses a stolen plant gene to elude its host’s defences may offer a route to new pest-control strategies.
  1. Heidi Ledford
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A pernicious agricultural pest owes some of its success to a gene pilfered from its plant host millions of years ago.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00782-w

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