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The production of special plant defense compounds has evolved independently in distantly related plant families more

Researchers identify the first enzymatic step in the biosynthesis of these plant steroids important in the medical treatment of heart disease more

Ants that leave the nest to forage are more likely to be infected by parasites than their nestmates who take care of the brood more

Natural tobacco mutants impaired in their defenses produce more offspring in years of low herbivore pressure and thus persist in plant populations more

The digger wasps protect their symbionts from toxic nitric oxide released by their eggs to kill pathogens more

If other visual cues are missing, ants build higher nest hills to facilitate homing of foraging nest mates more

Single-cell multi-omics reveals that cell types are differentially involved in the production and accumulation of medically relevant plant compounds more

Migratory locusts release a toxic substance to fend off their own conspecifics
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Two bacterial partners supply auger beetles with vital nutrients for the synthesis of a sturdy exoskeleton more