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The pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum, an emerging genomic model organism.
Pea aphids extracting sap from the stem and leaves of garden peas. Nymph aphids surrounding the mother aphid were produced parthenogenetically and viviparously; sexual reproduction can be induced by shorter amounts of daylight. A study conducted by The International Aphid Genomics Consortium (e1000313) reveals significant features of the whole genome sequence of the pea aphid, shedding light on its unusual life cycle and interaction with endosymbiotic bacteria.
Image Credit: Shipher Wu (photograph) and Gee-way Lin (aphid provision), National Taiwan University.
Citation: (2010) PLoS Biology Issue Image | Vol. 8(2) February 2010. PLoS Biol 8(2): ev08.i02. https://doi.org/10.1371/image.pbio.v08.i02
Published: February 23, 2010
Copyright: © 2010 Shipher Wu. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Pea aphids extracting sap from the stem and leaves of garden peas. Nymph aphids surrounding the mother aphid were produced parthenogenetically and viviparously; sexual reproduction can be induced by shorter amounts of daylight. A study conducted by The International Aphid Genomics Consortium (e1000313) reveals significant features of the whole genome sequence of the pea aphid, shedding light on its unusual life cycle and interaction with endosymbiotic bacteria.
Image Credit: Shipher Wu (photograph) and Gee-way Lin (aphid provision), National Taiwan University.