Post by eamonnshute on Sept 14, 2010 15:05:55 GMT 1
This is a fascinating article about scale insects. They are host to symbiotic bacteria, which sometimes try to kill their hosts, and therefore themselves!
"Scale insects have evolved one bizarre genetic system after another. The author argues that they are caught in a game of cat and mouse with internal, symbiotic bacteria, which has unleashed genetic bedlam"
findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1134/is_7_113/ai_n6249010/
"Scale insects have evolved one bizarre genetic system after another. The author argues that they are caught in a game of cat and mouse with internal, symbiotic bacteria, which has unleashed genetic bedlam"
findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1134/is_7_113/ai_n6249010/