CHINESE scientists said last week they had unravelled the genetic code of the locust, laying bare “hundreds” of genes that can be targeted by insecticides.
The genetic code of Locusta migratoria is remarkably big – at 6.5 gigabytes, it is the largest animal genome sequenced so far, they reported in the journal Nature Communications.
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