Comments on: How the aphid got its wings http://www.iayork.com/MysteryRays/2009/05/27/how-the-aphid-got-its-wings/ Meddling with things mankind is not meant to understand. Also, pictures of my kids Sat, 25 Jun 2011 18:45:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: And so on, ad infinitum | Mystery Rays from Outer Space http://www.iayork.com/MysteryRays/2009/05/27/how-the-aphid-got-its-wings/comment-page-1/#comment-53280 And so on, ad infinitum | Mystery Rays from Outer Space Thu, 19 Aug 2010 10:16:37 +0000 http://www.iayork.com/MysteryRays/?p=1115#comment-53280 [...] immunity, again[↩]Posts on other arthropods and their symbiotic viruses and bacteria: How the aphid got its wings More symbionts and flight [↩]To be honest, I didn’t check the kinds of wasp here, so I [...] [...] immunity, again[↩]Posts on other arthropods and their symbiotic viruses and bacteria: How the aphid got its wings More symbionts and flight [↩]To be honest, I didn’t check the kinds of wasp here, so I [...]

]]> By: More symbionts and flight | Mystery Rays from Outer Space http://www.iayork.com/MysteryRays/2009/05/27/how-the-aphid-got-its-wings/comment-page-1/#comment-25701 More symbionts and flight | Mystery Rays from Outer Space Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:01:37 +0000 http://www.iayork.com/MysteryRays/?p=1115#comment-25701 [...] the paper I mentioned the other day, that showed how a symbiotic virus causes aphids to grow wings?  Amazing at that may be, an [...] [...] the paper I mentioned the other day, that showed how a symbiotic virus causes aphids to grow wings?  Amazing at that may be, an [...]

]]> By: bayman http://www.iayork.com/MysteryRays/2009/05/27/how-the-aphid-got-its-wings/comment-page-1/#comment-24311 bayman Wed, 27 May 2009 23:32:14 +0000 http://www.iayork.com/MysteryRays/?p=1115#comment-24311 Wow that's cool! But also confusing. This virus has virtually no genes. So what service is it providing? Why rely on a virus to make wings when it's apparently possible for insects to grow them on their own? Some speculation on the mechanism would have been nice. Nonetheless, thanks for the interesting find. Wow that’s cool! But also confusing. This virus has virtually no genes. So what service is it providing? Why rely on a virus to make wings when it’s apparently possible for insects to grow them on their own? Some speculation on the mechanism would have been nice.

Nonetheless, thanks for the interesting find.

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