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Scientists from Applied BioSciences and the ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology at Macquarie University have ...

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"They're true parasites of the plant and the plant's trying to kill them with its specialized chemicals ... "These are obscure little flies, but if you think about the fact that half of all ...

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