Winged and Wingless Pea Aphids (IMAGE)

University of Rochester

Winged and Wingless Pea Aphids

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Jennifer Brisson, an associate professor of biology at the University of Rochester, and her former postdoctoral student Benjamin Parker uncovered genes that influence whether aphids produce wingless (aphid on the left) or winged (aphid on the right) offspring in response to crowding in their environment.

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University of Rochester photo / Omid Saleh Ziabari

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