Sentences with phrase «elude plant defenses»
The team members were surprised to find that the plasmid shares many genes with the chromosome, suggesting, says Boucher, that the plasmid supplies alternative versions of genes to help the bacterium elude plant defenses.
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It could very well be that the insect has recently evolved mechanisms to elude detection or to circumvent the plant defenses.