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The silverleaf whitefly – a very prolific pest – is the only insect that we know of with a functional stolen plant gene.
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Sources:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3347001
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3493419/
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https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(21)00164-1?utm_source=EA
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A:1022846630513
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https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/259438.php?from=496586
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https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/243796.php?from=478114
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CSIRO_ScienceImage_7704_Silverleaf_whitefly_Bemisia_tabaci_biotype_B.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Silverleaf_Whitefly_(Bemisia_tabaci)_adult.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CSIRO_ScienceImage_1359_Silverleaf_whitefly_Bemisia_tabaci_biotype_B.jpg
https://www.ars.usda.gov/oc/images/photos/nov07/d288-4/
https://www.ars.usda.gov/oc/images/photos/dec05/d288-4/
https://www.ars.usda.gov/oc/images/photos/apr06/d288-4/
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Silverleaf_whitefly.jpg
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/31327370
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/5881259
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