"Aphids" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A family (Aphididae) of small insects, in the suborder Sternorrhyncha, that suck the juices of plants. Important genera include Schizaphis and Myzus. The latter is known to carry more than 100 virus diseases between plants.
| Descriptor ID |
D001042
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.131.617.412.165
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| Concept/Terms |
Aphids- Aphids
- Aphid
- Plant Louse
- Aphididae
- Louse, Plant
- Louses, Plant
- Plant Louses
- Lice, Plant
- Lices, Plant
- Plant Lices
- Plant Lice
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Aphids" by people in Profiles.
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Eco-Evo-Devo: developmental symbiosis and developmental plasticity as evolutionary agents. Nat Rev Genet. 2015 Oct; 16(10):611-22.
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