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Standing on the shoulders of giants: young aphids piggyback on adults when searching for a host plant
BACKGROUND: Upon the detection of imminent peril, pea aphids (Acyrthosiphon pisum) often drop off their host plant. Dropping in response to insect enemies is intermittent in nature, but when a mammalian herbivore feeds on their host plant, a large mixed-age group of aphids usually drops off the plan...
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Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6282293/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30534184 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12983-018-0292-7 |