The Varroa mite dsRNA which could help save honeybees is not toxic to monarch butterflies (IMAGE)

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The Varroa mite dsRNA which could help save honeybees is not toxic to monarch butterflies

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The Varroa mite dsRNA which could help save honeybees is not toxic to monarch butterflies, despite them having the same target gene as the mite Monarch caterpillar feeding on milkweed leaf

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Aaron Eckley, Iowa State University

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