“RED CAROTENOIDS can be synthesized by some aphids, which were acquired by horizontal gene transfer from fungi millions of years ago. Carotenoids synthesis by animals is very rare. This carotenoids molecule can use natural light energy to make ATP. The abundance of the carotenoids system in aphids remains a mystery.”
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linkedin post 2022-06-29 05:12:48
Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022