Comments on: Aphids got their colours by stealing genes from fungi http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2010/04/30/aphids-got-their-colours-by-stealing-genes-from-fungi/ Mon, 26 Nov 2012 12:00:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Daniel J. Andrews http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2010/04/30/aphids-got-their-colours-by-stealing-genes-from-fungi/#comment-7467 Daniel J. Andrews Sun, 09 May 2010 00:08:35 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=1522#comment-7467 Ed...the link for Space Invader genes brings up your Discover template, but not the actual article. Ed…the link for Space Invader genes brings up your Discover template, but not the actual article.

]]> By: IanH http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2010/04/30/aphids-got-their-colours-by-stealing-genes-from-fungi/#comment-7466 IanH Wed, 05 May 2010 11:53:14 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=1522#comment-7466 Catching up with blogs and this one reminded me of something I read ages ago; modern cattle have a section of DNA that originally came from snakes. http://www.pnas.org/content/95/18/10704.full I use this example (and will now use those from this post) when discussing gene transfers with my students. We have to consider antibiotic resistance but the idea of it happening with vertebrates like us catches their imagination much better! Catching up with blogs and this one reminded me of something I read ages ago; modern cattle have a section of DNA that originally came from snakes.

http://www.pnas.org/content/95/18/10704.full

I use this example (and will now use those from this post) when discussing gene transfers with my students. We have to consider antibiotic resistance but the idea of it happening with vertebrates like us catches their imagination much better!

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