mantid
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"Strikingly, many of the horsehair worm genes that could play important roles in manipulating their hosts were very similar to mantid genes, suggesting that they were acquired through horizontal gene transfer," says Mishina.
From Science Daily • Oct. 19, 2023
In the worms, some of the transfers apparently happened long ago, allowing the worm and mantid sequences to diverge from one another by 5% or more.
From Science Magazine • Oct. 19, 2023
The authors conclude that the numerous mimicry genes that they identified are likely the result of multiple horizontal gene-transfer events from various mantid species during the evolution of hairworms.
From Science Daily • Oct. 19, 2023
The researchers then put the S. collingwoodi’s proposed imperfect mimicry to the test with two of its predators: a mantid species and another jumping spider, Portia labiata.
From New York Times • May 17, 2023
The difficulty of securing enough calories to fabricate an ootheca may help explain why females of some mantid species famously engage in sexual cannibalism — consuming their mates after, or even during, copulation.
From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2017
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