Woodrats' genes help them to win the arms race against their food

Friday, August 15, 2014 - 03:30 in Biology & Nature

A handful of genes arm the woodrat against the toxic chemicals in its foodstuff, the creosote plant, according to research published in the open access journal BMC Ecology.

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